Our Journey Through High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Roadmap
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Non-Fiction | 8 September 2008
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For the families who have contributed to this book, living with
autistic spectrum disorders has been a journey of self-discovery. With
honesty and humor, they describe the ways autism has affected their
daily lives, the challenges they have faced and the approaches they
have found beneficial. They share their practical and original
strategies for dealing with issues such as helping children to develop
empathy and humor, developing and maintaining friendships and
explaining their autistic spectrum disorders to other people. This book
will be a source of advice and inspiration for families of children
with autism and the professionals who work with them. It is practical,
realistic and positive - autism is seen as something to be understood
and celebrated. As 11-year-old Glen states in the Appendix, written by
some of the children with autism featured in the book, `I like myself
and consider my difference something positive.'
This book is about more than just a rags to riches story of how a young
Australian went from sleeping on a friend's couch, broke, $150,000 in
debt, no job or future prospects to becoming a self made millionaire
while still in his twenties.
It's about something much more powerful and unique that he had to
discover in order to excel in the game of life in the 21st Century.
That "something" was a 21st Century Educational System. In this
book, Jamie lays the foundation for success with a blueprint of the
same educational system that he used to transform his life from broke
to a millionaire in a little over three years.
George has a "grizzly old grunion of a Grandma" – a selfish old woman, who spends her days grouching, grumbling and griping about something or other. Grandma even things it's time eight-year-old George stopped growing! But when Grandma tells him how delicious slugs and beetles taste and that she has dark, magic powers, George decides he's got to do something. He sets about concoting a very special medicine to cure Grandma's nastiness for good. The results are explosive in this knockabout comic romp.
From butterflies and beetles to crickets and katydids, these
experiments, art projects, and games will bring out the entomologist in
every kid. Activities include collecting and sketching insects, making
a terrarium for observation, raising mealworms, using math to measure
bug strength, gardening to attract butterflies and other insects, and
making an insect amplifier. A unique insect board game helps kids learn
fascinating bug facts while they play. Sidebars offer a look into the
world of professional entomology, as well as gross facts about insects
that will provide great playground trivia, including the USDA's
guidelines for allowable insect parts per cup of food. Kids will learn
that science is not just something to read about, but something they
can observe and study in the world around them.
Clinton lives in the year 2561 - a time when people have learnt to travel through time. He works as a collector of expensive antiques, and travels back to Britain in 1993 to buy something - something he can sell for a lot of money when he gets back to his own time. But life is not easy hundreds of years in the past.
NEW LINKS addded, PDF added, SEPARATE MP3 and book, BLACK and WHITE and COLOUR versions - all by Elissa! :-)
(edited by stovokor)
