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While it is well known that children with Autism need modifications at school and at home due to their disability, little is mentioned about helping other children learn how to interact with and understand them.
Children with Autism see the world very differently and with the number of children diagnosed with ASD rising, the book The Friendship Puzzleis just what teachers and parents needed.
Geared towards children ages 4-8, this hardback children's book tells the story of one little girl who tries to become friends with a boy in her class who has Autism.
Author Julie Coe explains that "A child with autism may look like all the other kids in school, but may exhibit behaviors that seem strange or different to other children. This can be confusing and create a situation in which 'typical' children do not feel comfortable with or know how to reach out to children with autism."
This book strives to help children understand and feel more comfortable around those diagnosed with Autism.
Beth Haller, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment (www.gadim.org). A former print journalist, she is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Center on Disability and Journalism (https://ncdj.org/). Haller is Professor Emerita in the Department of Mass Communication at Towson University in Maryland, USA. Haller is co-editor of the 2020 "Routledge Companion to Disability and Media" (with Gerard Goggin of University of Sydney & Katie Ellis of Curtin University, Australia). She is author of "Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media" (Advocado Press, 2010) and the author/editor of Byline of Hope: Collected Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller (Advocado Press, 2015). She has been researching disability representation in mass media for 30+ years. She is adjunct faculty in the Disability Studies programs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of Texas-Arlington.
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