(Part 2) Best special needs books for children according to redditors
We found 192 Reddit comments discussing the best special needs books for children. We ranked the 57 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Check out this site: http://www.seedlings.org/
And this site: http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/publications/kids_books.html
DK has a series of Braille board books that are available on amazon as well: https://www.amazon.com/DK-Braille-Shapes/dp/146543612X/
It's understandable why a 3 year old would think another child who can't walk or talk is a baby, since that's how most babies are. I think explaining that everyone is born different would be a good start. Some people cannot walk, see, talk, hear, etc. and we should accept them just the same as those who can. If the other kid is of similar age, try to reinforce that fact and that they can't be a baby if they're X-years-old.
It's a difficult topic to tackle with someone who is so young, but as someone with close special needs family members, I thank you for promoting acceptance of other people's differences. We had to explain the same subject to a few friends and family members children because my uncle has DS and is not a clear speaker. It may take a little time for her to understand, but I'm sure she'll get it.
Edit: Special People, Special Ways is a good book to explain the limitations that some kids experience
https://www.amazon.com/Special-People-Ways-Arlene-Maguire/dp/1885477651
The Eagle Tree - Follows a boy whose special interest is climbing trees - at the very least you'll learn a lot about trees.
Speed of Dark - Near-future thriller about an autistic man who is being pressured by his company to change and become more normal, sci-fi.
On the Edge of Gone - Young adult, sci-fi dystopia novel - story about how an autistic person might experience/be treated in a brink of an apocalypse type world.
The Rosie Project - The story of one autistic man and his developing relationship with the titular Rosie.
The Boy from Aleppo who Painted the War - Story of a boy with Asperger's syndrome during the Syrian civil war.
Carry the Ocean - Gay romance novel - developing relationship between autistic Emmett and Jeremey who has clinical depression. The follow-up Shelter the Sea was released a few days ago.
Mockingbird - Autistic main character Caitlin deals with the world around her after losing her brother in a school shooting.
Al Capone Does my Shirts (Children's) and the rest of this series. Autistic character is the main character's sister but appears throughout regularly.
How to Look for a Lost Dog - (Children's) Story of an autistic girl and her bond with a stray dog.
Lie in Wait - Crime novel where autistic Owen is made a scape goat for a crime he did not commit.
M is for Autism and M in the Middle (Children's/Teen's) - Story of an autistic girl finding her place in the world as a teenager, written by the students of Limpsfield Grange.
The State of Grace - (Children/Teen) Similar to above, the story of a teenage girl with autism and her life as a teenager.
Dasha's Journal - A story about autism from the point-of-view of the family cat.
Will Hadcroft's Ann Droyd series - (Children's) Similar to the older children's adventure novels like The Famous Five, but with an autistic main character. There's a few in this series.
Haze - (Teen) A boy with Aspergers gets caught up in computer fraud. Author Kathy Hoopman has a load of novels with autistic characters for children and teens.
Kubrick's Game - A novel about an autistic student who investigates an elaborate puzzle left by Stanley Kubrick.
There's more than that - but I need to go and get my tablet to check my reading list so I'll update shortly.Edit: Added the rest I could think of. There are likely more but I can't think of any right now. Though I think I am forgetting some obvious ones.
I would really recommend you to preview any books you're going to give him. Unfortunately, a lot of books take the tone of, "Autism is a big problem, because autistics can't do X, Y, or Z, and that makes me sad and embarrassed." Make sure he knows that all autistic people have different abilities, and it isn't a bad thing. He's more likely to be understanding if he gets that there's a reason his brother acts differently.
> Because his brother already says that some of the other kids in his class "don't like him very much."
You're not going to be able to make him pretend to be normal and fit in and be liked. You might be able to, but then that's all he'd be doing. You need to accept that he isn't going to be popular or really fit in. Having a high IQ and being in the gifted program as well as having ASD is doubling down on this. He will not fit in and be a regular kid and it isn't worth trying to pretend to be one.
>Their father was the same way (probably- obviously ASD wasn't as widely diagnosed when he was their age in the '80s): he struggled to relate with people for years and still struggles with inadequacy issues and low self-esteem as a result.
Then work on that. Help him to develop the tools to cope with this early on, because there's literally no way to avoid it. Having a higher IQ and ASD is intensely isolating. I have a higher IQ and did gifted summer camps because there was no gifted program at school. My parents found ways for me to interact with people who were my peers and not because they happened to be the same age as me.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marianne-kuzujanakis/gifted-children_b_2948258.html
>Edit: this one is great too
>http://www.triplenine.org/portals/0/PublicDocs/Vidya/vidya_320-321_MF_reprint.pdf
I have struggled with these same things myself and most people still don't like me, and I still have a hard time relating to people and I'm in my 40's. This is a lifelong condition and you can't train it out of him. You can convince him that this is what you want and he'll burn himself out ding it to try to please you, but it just won't work. Focus on dealing with being different, finding his own way to handle it and coping skills. Trust me that is going to help him far more in the long run then trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
I know it hurts to see kids unhappy, I have a big family myself. But the approach of having him wear a mask to blend in won't do anything to address any of the long term problems. You have to accept there are some things yu can't fix.
Try getting this book for them:
https://www.amazon.ca/Gifted-Kids-Survival-Guide-3rd/dp/1575423227
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/545591.The_Gifted_Kids_Survival_Guide_for_Ages_10_and_under
And you are a clinical phychologist who has diagnosed her to make such assumptions?
As often seen with with these illnesses there are documented guides to overcoming you disability. Feel free to read up on it.
https://www.amazon.com/Take-Control-Aspergers-Syndrome-Nonverbal/dp/1593634056/ref=nodl_
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwio1cDgqfXjAhUJsu0KHRdAC2AYABABGgJkZw&ae=1&sig=AOD64_0C6iQTd21yXxCMIl3JB6pMKhA85Q&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwj88LngqfXjAhVbh1wKHXriDrgQwg96BAgMEAc&adurl=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aspie-Girl-autism-spectrum-conditions/dp/184905634X/ref%3Dasc_df_184905634X/%3Ftag%3Dgoogshopuk-21%26linkCode%3Ddf0%26hvadid%3D310834580283%26hvpos%3D1o1%26hvnetw%3Dg%26hvrand%3D15874632878227649376%26hvpone%3D%26hvptwo%3D%26hvqmt%3D%26hvdev%3Dm%26hvdvcmdl%3D%26hvlocint%3D%26hvlocphy%3D9046912%26hvtargid%3Dpla-492934750975%26psc%3D1%26th%3D1%26psc%3D1&cshid=1565337883572
That reminds me of the 4chan meme of replacing "Ellie" with Star from a book series about growing up for autistic girls.
Some good ones for him and/or his class: Different Like Me, Can I Tell You About Asperger Syndrome, All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome, What it is to be me, The Autism Acceptance Book, The Juice Box Bully, Ethan's Story, The Bully Blockers.
Of Mice and Aliens and the other books by Kathy Hoopman are awesome. My son read them them all in a day.
Apollo's Outcasts
You can thank me later.
https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Needs-Go-conditions-Sexuality/dp/1849055211
I'm sure I'm late but here's a book on the topic https://www.amazon.com/Uniquely-Me-Trace-Wilson/dp/1631773739
Petey
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Gone, huh? Tsk. For any actual autistic people who struggle with idioms, check out this book.
Since your son has some reading ability, you might want to go through this workbook with him: I am Special. It's very concrete and straightforward.
If they need to understand more about autism, and have a lower reading level, I wrote a children's book about autism and related conditions, that explain aspects of them in detail (such as describing processing issues. I am autistic.
http://www.amazon.com/Ella-Autie-Autism-Written-Autistic/dp/151775853X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464724718&sr=8-1&keywords=ella+autie
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Temple Grandin had a children’s book about the hug machine (pressure box) she designed as a kid
https://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Hug-Grandin-Amazing/dp/153441097X