Like Colour to the Blind
by Donna Williams |
Following Ezra
by Tom Fields-Meyer |
Not Even Wrong
by Paul Collins | 
Louder Than Words
by Jenny McCarthy | 
Thinking in Pictures
by Temple Grandin |
Nobody Nowhere
by Donna Williams | 
Life, Animated
by Ron Suskind | 
The Reason I Jump
by Naoki Higashida | 
The Way I See It
by Temple Grandin | 
The Horse Boy
by Rupert Isaacson |
Carly's Voice
by Arthur Fleischmann |
Autism
by Uta Frith | 
They Cage the Animals at Night
by Jennings Michael Burch |
Dibs in Search of Self
by Virginia M. Axline | 
No Language But a Cry
by Richard Anthony D'Ambrosio | 
Self-Made Man
by Norah Vincent | 
I Forgot to Remember
by Su Meck |
The Game of My Life
by Jason "J-Mac" McElwain |
The Spark
by Kristine Barnett | 
Be Different
by John Elder Robison |
This is the inspiring account of a family's struggle to break into their son's autistic world - and how a dog made the real difference. Dale was still a baby when his parents realised that something wasn't right. Worried, his mother Nuala took him to see several doctors, before finally hearing the word 'autism' for the first time in a specialist's office. Scared but determined that Dale should live a fulfilling life, Nuala describes her despairat her son's condition, her struggle to prevent Dale being excluded from a 'normal' education and her sense of hopeless isolation. Dale's autism was severe and violent and family life was a daily battleground. But the Gardner's lives were transformed when they welcomed a gorgeous Golden Retriever into the family. The special bond between Dale and his dog Henry helped them to produce the breakthrough in Dale they had long sought. From taking a bath to saying 'I love you', Henry helped introduce Dale to all the normal activities most parents take for granted, and set him on the road to being the charming and well-adjusted young man he is today. This is a heartrending and fascinating account of how one devoted and talented dog helped a little boy conquer his autism.