Book Review: Clarissa Willis’ My Child Has Autism

Posted by Beth Finke on September 30th, 2009

Hearing a child has autism can be devastating for parents. After a child is diagnosed with autism, the parents are left facing something entirely new and unknown, which can be awfully scary. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Review: Clarissa Willis’ My Child Has Autism", url: "http://autismblog.easterseals.com/book-review-clarissa-willis%e2%80%99-my-child-has-autism/" });

Temple Grandin: A Breath of Fresh Air

Posted by Beth Finke on September 3rd, 2009

Imagine my happy surprise to switch on the radio Tuesday morning and hear Terry Gross interviewing Temple Grandin on NPR’s Fresh Air. Turns out the show was a re-broadcast. It’s “Animal Week” on Fresh Air, and their January 5, 2009 interview with Grandin was one of their best animal-related stories this year, so they decided to air it …Read More » »

Book review: Don Meyer’s “Thicker than Water”

Posted by Beth Finke on August 7th, 2009

Thicker than Water: Essays by Adult Siblings of People with Disabilities is a collection of essays by 39 different authors who grew up with a brother or sister who has a disability. Don Meyer edited the collection, and quite a number of the essays are about siblings with autism.

One …Read More » »

Book review: Bruce Shapiro & Pasquale Accardo’s “Autism Frontiers”

Posted by Matt McAlear on July 7th, 2009

In Autism Frontiers: Clinical Issues and Innovations, authors Bruce Shapiro and Pasquale Accardo (along with their multiple collaborators) do a great job of covering a variety of topics in a concise 200+ pages.

Many of the topics — early intervention, labels & diagnosis, …Read More » »

What Harry Potter can teach us about autism

Posted by Beth Finke on July 6th, 2009

Attention all “Muggles”: To celebrate the long-awaited paperback release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tonight (The book goes on sale at midnight on July 7), we are publishing a Harry Potter post from our 2007 archives — enjoy!Harry Potter and the Chamber of Autismby Ellen Harrington-KaneJuly 24th, 2007What can reading a Harry Potter book teach us about …Read More » »

Housing for adults with autism

Posted by Paula Pompa-Craven on June 1st, 2009

An article in Time Magazine last week called Growing Old with Autism described some of the struggles family members go through when seeking support for their loved one with a significant disability. The piece was adapted from a book called Boy Alone: A Brother’s Memoir, written by Karl Taro Greenfeld about life with his brother Noah.When I was …Read More » »

Making kids more aware of autism

Posted by Beth Finke on April 17th, 2009

March was a busy and rewarding month for me in my role as a children’s book author. In one month, my Seeing Eye dog Hanni and I visited five elementary schools, two libraries, one health education center, one teacher education center, and appeared at one author-illustrator night.

A lot of the schools we went to prepared the kids ahead of …Read More » »

Aren’t we aware enough already?

Posted by Beth Finke on April 9th, 2009

I am a Nick Hornby fan. His book High Fidelity is one of my favorite modern novels. The movie is fun, too, and it was filmed right here in Chicago! I keep Hornby on my radar, so of course I took notice when I found out a few years ago that his son has autism. And I took notice again …Read More » »

Book review: Julie L. Coe’s “The Friendship Puzzle: Helping Kids Learn About Accepting and including Kids with Autism”

Posted by Katy Beh Neas on March 26th, 2009

I just read a really nice book: The Friendship Puzzle, Helping Kids Learn About Accepting and Including Kids with Autism. The book was written by Julie L. Coe, inspired by Jennifer Maloni, and illustrated by …Read More » »

American Library Association honors autism books for kids

Posted by Beth Finke on March 20th, 2009

Two children’s books about autism are included on a new American Library Association list of “outstanding books that portray emotional, mental, or physical disability experiences.” Here’s how the American Library Association describes the two books about autism on the list:
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts. Putnam’s Sons, 2004.
Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan moves to Alcatraz Island …Read More » »