New Books
- Autism solutions : how to create a healthy and meaningful life for your child by Ricki G. Robinson
- 1001 great ideas for teaching & raising children with autism or Asperger’s by Ellen Notbohm
- Paper words : discovering and living with my autism by Judy Endow
Recommended Books
- Demystifying autism spectrum disorders: a guide to diagnosis for parents and professionals by Carolyn Thorwarth Bruey
- Diet intervention and autism : implementing the gluten free and casein free diet for autistic children and adults - a practical guide for parents by Marilyn Le Breton
- Right from the start : behavioral intervention for young children with autism by Sandra L. Harris & Mary Jane Weiss
- The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs by Denise Brodey
- A picture’s worth : PECS and other visual communication strategies in autism by Andy Bondy & Lori Frost
- Health Bag: Autism is a kit containing the above five recommended titles, along with pamphlets and other information. It checks out as a set and can be requested through the library catalog.
Non-fiction DVDs
- Living with autism
- On the spectrum: coping with asperger’s & autism
- A mother’s courage: talking back to autism
- Autism, the musical: prepare to be inspired
- Two worlds, one planet
- How I am
- On the spectrum: coping with asperger’s & autism
- Aut-erobics: autism movement therapy
- Understanding brothers and sisters on the autism spectrum
- Autism spectrum disorders: foundation for understanding what every parent should know
Resources for siblings
- My friend has autism by Amanda Doering Tourville
Children’s non-fiction book for K-Gr 3, characters with autism and ADHD are seen through the eyes of their friends, who relate how they behave and how they may seem impolite or distracted, or cause trouble in school. - Autism by Sarah Lennard-Brown
64 pages, children’s non-fiction for grades 5-8 that provides thorough look at the subject, presenting solid information and full-color photos, reproductions, and diagram. - Understanding brothers and sisters on the autism spectrum
This DVD contains four programs for siblings of children on the autism spectrum and their parents. Each program covers a range of autistic challenges and strengths for siblings in different age ranges, and describes techniques siblings can use to get along and support each other.
Entertainment movies & characters with autism
- Temple Grandin
Drama, Rating: TV-PG, 2010. An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America’s most remarkable success stories. - The horse boy
Documentary, Rating: Not rated, 2008. Follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. - Elle s’appelle Sabine = Her name is Sabine
Foreign Film, Rating: R, 2007. An intelligent, moving and beautiful portrait of Sabine, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her sister, the famous French actress Sandrine Bonnaire. - Riding the bus with my sister
Drama, Rated: Not rated, Hallmark Hall of Fame, 2005. Two sisters on a life-changing journey together, full of laughter, tears and new understanding. - Rain man
Drama, Rated: R, 1988. A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life.