Book About Growing Up with Undiagnosed Autism – Twirling Naked in the Streets

Posted in Autism/Aspergers, Guest Post, Special Needs Children, Special Needs Teens by - May 16, 2013
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Book About Growing Up with Undiagnosed Autism – Twirling Naked in the Streets

When Jeannie Davide-Rivera wrote to us about her book, Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed; Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism it reminded my a lot of another book I reviewed,  Under the Banana Moon: A True Story of Living, Loving, Loss and Asperger’s by Kimberley Gerry-Tucker. We also have a marvelous interview with Kimberly Gerry-Tucker that reminds so much of exactly what Jeannie Davide-Rivera writes about growing up with undiagnosed autism. I suggest you visit Jeannie’s web site, Aspie Writer; Understanding Autism from the Inside. Here anyone whose lives are touched by autism spectrum disorders (ASD) will find a wealth …

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Interview Connie Post – Poetry Books on Raising a Child with Autism to Adulthood

Posted in Autism/Aspergers, Interviews, Special Needs Children, Special Needs Teens by - May 11, 2013
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Interview Connie Post – Poetry Books on Raising a Child with Autism to Adulthood

A while back I would read comments from parents of newly diagnosed children with autism saying they could not find resources to help them through their parenting years.  Now parents raising a child with autism should surely be able to find the parenting books they need. There are helpful parenting books of all different types and written by folks in all walks of life from parents, to siblings, to professionals who work with individuals on the spectrum. There are memoirs, how-to-books, and today we have a mom who wrote a book of poems to share her story about her son …

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The Rainbow Series: Dogs Who Help by Deborah Hall and Donna Vaquer

Posted in Autism/Aspergers, Developmental Issues, Guest Post, Learning Disabilities, Special Needs Children by - May 08, 2013
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The Rainbow Series: Dogs Who Help by Deborah Hall and Donna Vaquer

When folks email us about their book we always read up on the books to see if it fits with the other books we review on Special Needs Book Review. When Deborah Hall and Donna Vaquer told us about their children’s books, The Rainbow Series: Dogs Who Help I was immediately impressed with their quote on the home page of their web site: “Dedicated to the belief that reading and dogs are two of the greatest joys on earth, and that no child should be without either.”

Congratulations to all who have worked on this on-going series of non-fiction books, some …

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Interview with Daniel Alexander Parenting From a Young Man’s Point of View

Posted in Interviews, Mental Health by - May 07, 2013
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Interview with Daniel Alexander Parenting From a Young Man’s Point of View

How can parents know what is best for their child? How can parents discover what their child would like?  Daniel Alexander‘s book for parents, Through the Crimson Mirror - an introspective reflection of parenting from a young man’s point of view might have the answers you are looking for. Daniel says he wrote it so parents can understand their children better to give them a better start to life. He explained that his book is about himself, and all the lessons he wished he had learned while growing up. In addition, it’s all from the perspective of a child.

Read Daniel Alexander’s guest post and …

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We Do Listen Foundation News Spring and Summer 2013 – Howard B. Wigglebottom Series

Posted in News & Blogs by - May 06, 2013
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We Do Listen Foundation News Spring and Summer 2013 – Howard B. Wigglebottom Series

We Do Listen Foundation sent us their latest news dated May 5th, 2013. The We Do Listen Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) Non Profit Corporation. They create entertaining, educational books, videos, games and songs to help children learn how to listen, learn life lessons and feel good about themselves. They publish the amazing children’s Howard B. Wigglebottom series of books. Read Special Needs Book Review’s interview with the author of this series, Howard Binkow, here.

We Do Listen Foundation News

 As of now, our website can be viewed on an Ipad and Iphone by downloading the Puffin app. It’s free for 14 days and then cost …

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Interview Margaret Meder: Special Needs Parenting – Advice and Inspiration

Posted in Developmental Issues, Interviews, Other Disabilities, Special Needs Children, Special Needs Teens by - May 03, 2013
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Interview Margaret Meder: Special Needs Parenting – Advice and Inspiration

Being a parent is a great responsibility. Parenting a healthy child is exhilarating, exhausting, and at times exasperating. Do you know what it is like caring for a medically fragile child? Most of us cannot even imagine what special needs parenting entails. I now have a better understanding of the strength it takes after reading this remarkable book, UNCOMMON beauty – Crisis Parenting From Day One by author-mom Margaret Meder. My review of her book is here. We are so happy to add Margaret Meder to our Author Interview Series!  

Congratulations to Margaret Meder! Uncommon Beauty is the winner of …

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