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DPL ADULTS: April is National Autism Awareness Month

"April is National Autism Awareness Month, which aims to promote awareness, inclusion, and acceptance. For people who love books, reading about autism and Asperger’s syndrome—as told from multiple perspectives—can offer enlightening insight and understanding." A selection of adult, teen and children's books.

Deschutes Public Library

40 items

  • Autism & Education

    the Way I See It : What Parents and Teachers Need to Know

    Grandin, Temple
    Book[Arlington, Tex.] : Future Horizons, 2023. — RELATIONSHIPS / PARENTING / 371.94 GRANDIN TEMPLE
  • BookSan Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, 2023. — BRIDGING FICTION / BAILEY JENN
  • How to Be Human

    An Autistic Man's Guide to Life

    Fleming, Jory
    BookNew York : Simon and Schuster, 2021. — HEALTH / GENERAL / 616.85882 FLEMING JORY
  • BookNew York, NY : Harper, [2017] — FICTION / MCGOVERN CAMMIE
  • BookLondon : Atlantic Books, 2021. — SOCIETY & CULTURES / SOCIAL JUSTICE / 305.42 LIMBURG JOANNE
  • BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2022. — HISTORICAL / ELLIOTT ZETTA
  • BookLondon : Flying Eye Books, 2020. — GROWING UP / GOODHART PIPPA
  • We're Not Broken

    Changing the Autism Conversation

    Garcia, Eric, 1990-
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. — HEALTH / GENERAL / 616.85882 GARCIA ERIC
  • Thinking in Pictures

    and Other Reports From My Life With Autism

    Grandin, Temple
    BookNew York : Vintage Books, [2006] — 616.8982 Grandin
  • The Reason I Jump

    the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-year-old Boy With Autism

    Higashida, Naoki, 1992-
    BookNew York : Random House, 2013. — HEALTH / GENERAL / 616.85882 HIGASHIDA NAOKI
  • Love That Boy

    What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations

    Fournier, Ron, 1963-
    BookNew York : Harmony Books, [2016] — 306.874 Fournier
  • Visual Thinking

    the Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

    Grandin, Temple
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2022. — 152.14 Grandin
  • The Autistic Brain

    Thinking Across the Spectrum

    Grandin, Temple
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. — HEALTH / GENERAL / 616.85882 GRANDIN TEMPLE
  • May Tomorrow Be Awake

    on Poetry, Autism, and Our Neurodiverse Future

    Martin, Chris, 1977 August 11-
    BookNew York, NY : Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — EDUCATION / GENERAL / 371.94 MARTIN CHRIS