PICTURE BOOKS YOUNG ADULT FICTION (12 and up) *The following are some of the -related materials available at Matawan-Aberdeen Public My Brother Charlie by Holly R. Peete (E PEE) Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin Library. Please consult the librarians for further A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother (YA BASKIN; YA PLAYAWAY BASKIN) assistance or research. who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is to become a writer, relates what his life is like as just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about he tries to make sense of his world. PARENTING autism . Al Capone Does My Shirts Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Since We’re Friends by Celeste Shally (E SHA) by Gennifer Choldenko (YA CHOLDENKO) Tool Kit: A Tool Kit to Assist Families in Getting A boy describes his friendship with Matt, an autistic A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to the Critical Information They Need in the First boy, telling how he helps Matt cope with everyday Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families 100 Days After Asperger Syndrome and High situations. were housed there, and has to contend with his Functioning Autism Diagnosis extraordinary new environment in addition to by (Organization) (618.9285 AU) Looking After Louis by Lesley Ely (E ELY) life with his autistic sister. When a new boy with autism joins their classroom, Healing and Preventing Autism: A Complete the children try to understand his world and to The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Guide by Jenny McCarthy (618.928 MC) include him in theirs. Marvelous by Suzanne Carlisle Crowley (YA PLAYAWAY CROWLEY) Mother Warriors In the small town of Jumbo, Texas, thirteen-year- by Jenny McCarthy (BK CD 618.92 MC) JUVENILE FICTION (9-12 years) old Merilee, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tries to live a "Very Ordered Existence," but Playing, Laughing, and Learning with Children on The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd disruptions begin when a boy and his father the : A Practical Resource of Play (J MYS DOWD) arrive in town and the youngster makes himself a Ideas for Parents and Carers When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from part of the family. by Julia Moor (616.89 MO) the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Autism and Asperger Syndrome differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the time by Mark Haddon ( HADDON; YA SUMMER by Ana Maria Rodriguez (YA 618.92 RO) mystery of what happened to Salim. HADDON—11TH GRADE; BK CD HADDON ) Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting Could It Be Autism?: A Parent's Guide to the First by Cynthia Lord (J LORD) with people, Christopher, a mathematically- Signs and Next Steps by Nancy D. Wiseman Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve- gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy decides to (616.85 WI) year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but investigate the murder of a neighbor’s dog and her world is further complicated by a friendship uncovers secret information about his mother. with a young paraplegic. JUVENILE NON-FICTION Marcelo In the Real World by Francisco X. Stork Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (J ERSKINE) (YA STORK) Russell's World: A Story for Kids About Autism Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on by Charles Amenta (J 618.92 AM) struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, Describes the daily life, likes and dislikes, and and make friends at school, while at home she seeks faces new challenges, including romance and habits of Russell Amenta, who is a happy boy despite closure by working on a project with her father. injustice, when he goes to work for his father in being severely autistic. the mailroom of a corporate law firm. Here’s How I See It: Here’s How It Is My Brother's Keeper : A Kindergartner's View of by Heather Henson (J HENSON) Autism by Jace Richards (J 618.92 RI) At almost-thirteen, Junebug has never felt right Jace, a six-year-old boy with an autistic younger except as stagehand at her father's summer theater, brother, explains what living with autism is truly like but after her parents separate and an irritating from the perspective of a loving brother. intern takes over her responsibilities, she discovers how hard life can be without a script to follow. MOVIES

Temple Grandin , HBO Home Video 2010 (DRAMA DVD 1931) A biopic of , an autistic woman who Autism Resources became one of the tope scientists in the humane livestock handling industry. For A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism (NONFICTION DVD 2516) A documentary charting the journey of a mother Parents & Caregivers searching to unlock her autistic child’s mind.

For movie titles with autism as a subject, check http://www.autism.com/fam_autism_in_ movies.asp

(Many are movies for adults).

SUPPORT GROUPS

Autism Society of America http://www.autism-society.org Autism New Jersey http://www.autismnj.org Autism Family Services of New Jersey http://www.autismfamilyservicesnj.org

WEB SITES http://www.autismnj.org/SupportGroups.aspx (Autism Support Group Information)

http://www.autismfamilyservicesnj.org/index.html (Autism Resources) http://www.yourlittleprofessor.com/resources.html Presented by (Asperger’s Syndrome Resources) Matawan-Aberdeen Scotch Plains Public Library and Fanwood Public Library have put together their autism resources Public Library including adult fiction/non-fiction, parenting books, picture books, DVDs, and YA and children’s novels (732) 583-9100 relating to autism, which can be viewed at http:// www.thejointlibrary.org/autism/ www.matawanaberdeenlibrary.com autismcollection.htm . They also have a comprehen- sive list of support groups, links to brochures and programs, and other resource at http:// www.thejointlibrary.org/autism/links.htm .