A mother's courage: Talking back to autism

A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism is a frank look at the reality that families endure to get assessments, a diagnosis, and advice. It shows the emotional turmoil parents feel as they watch their happy, verbal child regress into autism. This film can be used as an autism awareness tool for relatives, neighbors, and the community to help them understand what families with kids on the spectrum go through.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org or Evergreen to find it in a library near you.

A Full Life with Autism

Wondering what will happen to your children on the spectrum when they reach adulthood? A Full Life with Autism is a guide for helping them lead meaningful and independent lives as they reach adulthood. In the next five years, hundreds of thousands of children with ASD will reach adulthood, and while diagnosis and treatment for children has improved in recent years, parents still wonder about their ability to live independently.

Autism expert Chantal Sicile-Kira and her son Jeremy offer real solutions to a host of difficult questions, including how young adults of different abilities and their parents can:
    *navigate this new economy where adult service resources are scarce
    *cope with the difficulties of living apart from the nuclear family
    *find, and keep a job that provides meaning, stability and an income
    *create and sustain fulfilling relationships

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org or Evergreen to find it ina library near you.

The Horse Boy

The Horse Boy is a film about a journey of discovery. A Texas couple and their autistic son trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, sought the best possible medical care, but traditional therapies had little effect. Then they discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals particularly horses and the family set off on a quest that would change their lives forever.

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Asperkids

"ASPERKIDS" was named to the TOP 12 BOOKS TO READ IF YOUR LOVED ONE IS DIAGNOSED WITH ASD by Autism Asperger Digest

As a parent, a teacher and an Aspie herself, award-winning author Jennifer Cook O'Toole provides a unique insider's look into Asperger Syndrome. She shows how to help children on the spectrum by understanding how they think and exploiting their special interests to promote learning. Her strategies work because she thinks like the children that she teaches. This book offers the insight and guidance that parents and professionals need to connect with the Asperkids in their life and get them excited about learning.

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Mobile App Monday - No More Meltdowns

It could happen at home, school, the grocery store or a restaurant. Meltdowns are stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker’s No More Meltdown app can help! His popular book gives the tools to deal with and prevent out-of-control behavior. Now you can have those tools with you in the moment to help you prepare your child for the situations as they arise.

Interested? To learn more about this app, visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/no-more-meltdowns/id407341438?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Dad's in Heaven with Nixon

Dad's in Heaven with Nixon is the story of a mother's enduring love and a boy's journey from the darkness of brain damage, coupled with what would eventually be diagnosed as autism to the light that is his life today-as an acclaimed artist. It is also the story of mental illness in one Irish-American family, the devastating damage it caused, from one generation to the next, and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit.

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Fly Away

Fly Away is a powerful film directed by Emmy Award® winner Janet Grillo (Autism: The Musical). This film narrates the story of Jeanne (Beth Broderick, Bonfire of the Vanities, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and her autistic teenage daughter, Mandy (Ashley Rickards, One Tree Hill). Jeanne has cared for Mandy since the day she was born, growing closer every day to a child who is charmingly offbeat one moment and nearly impossible to manage the next. As the pressures of work and her child's needs increase, Jeanne must decide whether or not to enroll Mandy in a therapeutic residential facility.

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