BOOK RECOMENDATIONS
Often as a parent of a child with special needs, we can feel alone and don’t know where to look for help. We start googling and aren’t sure that what we see is going to work out for our family's needs. The RCS PAC continually collects and shares resources that have helped us. Here are some resources which we have found helpful in advocating for our children. We hope they make this sometimes daunting task a little less chaotic for you too.
ADULT:
Wrightslaw : All about IEPs –by Sandra Webb O'Connor and Pamela Darr Wright
Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition –by Peter W. D. Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
Wrightslaw : The Special Education Survival Guide: from Emotions to Advocacy –by Pam Wright & Pete Wright
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism –by Temple Grandin
Uniquely Human (A Different Way of Seeing Autism) –by Barry M. Prizant
STUDENT:
The Autism Acceptance Book: Being a Friend to Someone With Autism – by Ellen Sabin
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You Cby Sonia Sotomayor
My Brother Sammy – by Becky Edwards
It’s Okay to be Different – by Todd Parr
All Children Have Different Eyes – by Edie A. Glaser
All My Stripes (A Story for Children With Autism) - by Shaina Rudolph
A Friend Like Simon: A Friend Like Simon (Special Stories Series) – by Kate Gaynot
Thank You, Mr. Falker Hardcover – by Patricia Polacco
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin – by Julia Finley Mosca and Daniel Rieley
Why Johnny Doesn't Flap: NT is OK! - by Clay Morton, Gail Morton
Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship – by Jessica Kensky
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism – by Naoki Higashida
Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism – by Naoki Higashida
Look Me in the Eye - by John Elder Robison
Rules (Scholastic Gold) Paperback – by Cynthia Lord
Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism - by Ron Suskind
My Brother Otto - An Autism Awareness Book - by Meg Raby
Be a Friend - by Salina Yoon
We’re All Wonders - by R. J. Palacio
How to Build a Hug - by Amy Guglielmo
Ella Bella Just Can’t Tell Ya - by Hallie Sherman
My Brother Charlie - By Holly Robinson Peete
Arnie and his school tools – by Jennifer Veenendall
How Katie Got a Voice: (and a cool new nickname) - by Patricia Mervine
Views from our Shoes - by Donald Joseph Meyer and Cary Pillo
My Friend Isabelle - by Eliza Woloson
Meeting Mimi – by Francie Dolan