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Autism

Animals in Translation

Temple Grandin

Animal scientist Temple Grandin argues that people with autism think the way animals think and draws from her experiences with autism to discuss how animals think, act, and feel.

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Al Capone Does My Shirts

Gennifer Choldenko

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autis

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Songs of the Gorilla Nation

Dawn Prince-Hughes

The author discusses her experiences living with autism, a condition she was not diagnosed with until she was thirty-six, and shares the story of how she was able to make sense of her life and feeling

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Mark Haddon

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information abou

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The Ride Together

Judy Karasik

Brother and sister Paul and Judy Karasik reflect, in text and comic strips, upon over forty years of their relationship with their autistic brother, David.

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