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Anne Carpenter’s May Book Review
TITLE: Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions AUTHOR: Grandin, Temple with Betsy Lerner SUBJECT AREA: Autism-Sensory Processing-Visual Thinking PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books PUBLICATION DATE: 2022 NUMBER OF PAGES: 340 Out of all the many books that Temple Grandin, the Grand Dame of Autism, has written her newest …
May 15-Picky Eating Blog
Posting for the Parents Who Cannot Get Their Kids to Eat When I was a kid, I spent many a night being forced to sit and stare at a plate of mashed potatoes that my parents said I had to take a bite of before I could leave the table. One of my most vivid …
Channel 9 & 10 Mason County Sheriff Highlights Autism Initiative
Channel 9 & 10 News Article from April 29, 2023 April is Autism Awareness Month. One Northern Michigan police agency wants to highlight a program that helps first responders deal with situations that involve people with autism. The Mason County Sheriff’s Office says the program isn’t new, but it isn’t well known. It involves profile …
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IEP Season is Here!
Transition: Advocacy Tips From: Disability Rights Michigan (DRM) Transition services are available for students eligible for special education and 503 services. They are meant to create a smooth pathway for a young person to move from high school to a successful adult life. Here is a list of tips from the Disability Rights Michigan advocates: …
Inspiring Fowler Student becomes 1st Autistic MI college football player
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Believing in yourself is sometimes all it takes to reach a goal. That — combined with encouragement from your parents and support from your community — can be a real difference-maker. When we first covered Cooper Koenigsknecht, he was running onto the field as a junior manager of the Fowler Varsity …
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Anne Carpenter’s April Book Review
TITLE: Connecting with the Autism Spectrum: How to Talk, How to Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t call it High-Functioning (Kindle Edition) AUTHOR: Vormer, Casey “Remrov” SUBJECT AREA: Autism-General PUBLISHER: Rockridge Press (for Paperback Edition) PUBLICATION DATE: 2020 NUMBER OF PAGES (for Paperback Edition) 144 There are a ton of books written by adults with ASD, …
Anne Carpenter’s March Book Review
TITLE: Life Coaching for Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Discovering Your True Potential (Kindle Edition) AUTHOR: Hunt, Jacklyn, MA, ACAS, BCCS SUBJECT AREA: Autism-Adulthood PUBLISHER: ASD Life Coaches LLC PUBLICATION DATE: 2021 NUMBER OF PAGES 178 (for Paperback Edition) These days, it’s one thing to be an adorable little child with ASD, it’s another …
Anne Carpenter’s February Book Review
TITLE: Parenting a Child with Autism: A Modern Guide to Understand and Raise Your ASD Child to Success (Kindle Edition) AUTHOR: Bass, Richard SUBJECT AREA: Autism-Parenting PUBLISHER (for paperback edition) RBG Publishing PUBLICATION DATE: 2022 NUMBER OF PAGES (for paperback edition) 188 Among the veritable treasure trove of parenting books out there purporting to guide …
Anne Carpenter’s January Book Review
TITLE: I Can’t Sleep: A Story for Children with Sleep Difficulties AUTHOR: Dr. Susan Ozer SUBJECT AREA: Sleep Difficulties-Children’s Literature PUBLISHER: Dr. Susan Ozer PUBLICATION DATE: 2021 Sleep problems in children are very common, but children with ASD and similar developmental disorders tend to have more serious and more long-lasting problems. Getting to sleep and …
