Today is World Autism Awareness Day

Listed below are the newest books on autism that the Community Library has available. In addition to many books, a HealthWatch brochure is also on display that lists many useful autism websites, as well as the web address and telephone numbers to local autism organizations, support groups and hotlines.

The Autism Job Club by Michael Bernick and Richard Holden

This will be a vital resource for adults with autism, their families, and advocates who are committed to neuro-diverse employment, not unemployment. But it will also speak to a far broader audience interested in how to carve out a place for themselves or others in an increasingly competitive job world. (Publisher Summary)

Autism Spectrum Disorder by Lisa Joseph, Latha Soorya and Audrey Thurm

Joseph, Soorya, and Thurm give readers a straight-forward comprehensive guide to the effective diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. The book describes ASD at length before going into sections on theories and models, the diagnosis and treatment indications, and treatments for core and associated symptoms of ASD. (Publisher Summary)

Helping Adults with Asperger's syndrome Get & Stay Hired: Career Coaching Strategies for Professionals and Parents of Adults on the Autism Spectrum by Barbara Bissonnette

Written for professionals and parents, this book offers employment strategies to support individuals with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) into fulfilling and long-lasting careers. It provides a primer on how people with Asperger's Syndrome think and teaches coaching techniques to help with jobhunting and workplace challenges. (Publisher Summary)

Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum by Lee Wikinson

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective for treating mental health problems such as anxiety and depression in individuals both with and without autism spectrum disorders. This book bridges the gap between research and practice and shows adults on the spectrum practical ways to manage their emotions. (Publisher Summary)

Sequel Alert - The Rosie Effect

In The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion, Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they’re about to face a new challenge because - surprise! - Rosie is pregnant. 

Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice. As Don tries to schedule time for pregnancy research, getting Gene and Claudia to reconcile, servicing the industrial refrigeration unit that occupies half his apartment, helping Dave the Baseball Fan save his business, and staying on the right side of Lydia the social worker, he almost misses the biggest problem of all: he might lose Rosie when she needs him the most. 

"Many sequels falter, but this one is pitch-perfect. It’s cute, but it isn’t cheesy. It’s extremely funny and clever, but not at the expense of the characters or as an insult to the reader. The unexpected twist in The Rosie Effect is the way Simsion manages to make marriage romantic. This book isn’t really about pregnancy or living with autism or moving to a new city. It’s about having your world rocked when you really, truly have to compromise with another person. It’s about how tricky that is, how hilarious that can be, and how beautiful it is when you pull it off."  - BookPage Review

Waiting for your chance to read this charming sequel? Why not re-read (or read for the first time) The Rosie Project and get to know how Don, a socially awkward genetics professor who had never been on a second date, set out to find the perfect wife, but instead found Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who was on a quest to find her biological father.

Book to Broadway Alert!

The internationally best-selling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is coming to Broadway! 

As reported by Early Word, the play will be coming to Broadway this fall, "after a long run in London, where it won the most Olivier Awards (the equivalent of the Tony’s here) for any play in the history of the award." 

Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But Christopher's detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his world upside-down. (Publisher's Summary)

View the official trailer for the show below. 

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Today is World Autism Awareness Day

Celebrated annually on April 2nd, World Autism Awareness Day was adopted by the United Nations in 2007 to shine a bright light on autism as a growing global health crisis. The goal is to increase world knowledge of the autism crisis and disseminate information regarding the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 68 American children is living with autism (1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls) .

There are three health issues that are recognized by the United Nations with their own day, autism is one of them.

Listed below are just a sample of the numerous books on autism that the Community Library has available. In addition, a HealthWatch brochure is on display that lists many useful autism websites, as well as the web address and telephone numbers to local autism organizations, support groups and hotlines. 

	Raun Kaufman defied all odds after being diagnosed by multiple experts as severely autistic and went on to graduate with a degree in Biomedical Ethics from Brown University. Learn about Raun's life in Autism Breakthrough and the hurdles he overcame to become a passionate and articulate spokesperson for the autism community with no trace of autism.
	Overcoming Autism: finding the answers, strategies, and hope that can transform a child's life by Lynn Kern Koegel is an updated classic guide that includes today's cutting-edge research. This revised edition has also been expanded to clarify the importance of community support to affected families and the effect of societal acceptance on a child’s life.
	Understanding Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Educators Partnering with Families by Michelle Haney introduces the complex body of research and theory in the field of autism within the larger context of understanding the unique sociocultural dimensions of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families.
	The Autism Puzzle by Brita Belli is the first book to address the compelling evidence that it is the pairing of environmental exposures with genetic susceptibilities that may be impacting the brain development of children.
	In addition to discussing the range of natural medicine treatments available, The Natural Medicine Guide to Autism by Stephanie Marohn covers the basics of autism--what it is and what causes it--and the factors that are often involved in the disorder.

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and non-verbal thirteen-year-old boy with autism, The Reason I Jump is a one-of-a-kind memoir that presents how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. This is a must read for parents, family members and friends who are trying to find ways to get inside the head of an autistic loved one.  

In the book, which was written with the use of a special alphabet grid, Higahida "describes the difficulty of expressing through words what the brain wants to say, the challege of focusing and ordering experience, the obsessiveness of repetition, the comfort found in actions that others might find odd, and the frustration of being the source of others' frustration." - Kirkus Reviews

Small town suspense in 'A Land More Kind Than Home'

Looking for a suspenseful story set in a small town?  Try the newly-published A Land More Kind Than Home.  In this book, Jess Hall grows up deep in the heart of an unassuming mountain town that believes in protecting its own.  But when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he isn't supposed to, it has catastrophic repercussions, and plunges Jess into an adulthood for which he is not prepared.