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Judy Cohen and Mindee Pinto co-authors of ‘Mikey’ – Part 2

Jo Worgan — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Continuing from Part 1 here, Judy Cohen and daughter Mindee Pinto, are authors of “Mikey”. The book educates both children and teachers about Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and how best to help these children. Judy has worked with many children on the autism spectrum within, organizational, academic and social skill areas. In an exclusive interview […]

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Judy Cohen and Mindee Pinto co-authors of ‘Mikey’ – Part 1

Jo Worgan — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Judy Cohen and her daughter Mindee Pinto are co-authors of the book “Mikey”. A book which describes what life is like for a young boy with autism in his everyday activities at school. Judy Cohen commented. ‘In this book, Mikey explains how a young child with autism sees, hears, and feels the […]

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Liz Becker, author of ‘Autism and the World According to Matt’ Part 2

Jo Worgan — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Liz Becker, author of ‘Autism and the World According to Matt’ Part one of this article can be found here The special bond between Liz and Matt is shown throughout his journey. One particular story tells of how Matt and Liz, who took the plunge one day in allowing Matt to shop alone at the […]

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Liz Becker, Author of ‘Autism and the World According to Matt’ Part 1

Jo Worgan — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Liz Becker, Virginia, USA – has been married to Tom for 20 years and has 2 grown up sons of her own as well as 2 step children. Her youngest son Matt now aged 28 has severe to moderate autism. As well as being a teacher, research scientist and clinical scientist Liz has also managed […]

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Interview with author Kevin Berry on his new book ‘Stim’

Jo Worgan — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:22:38 +0000

‘Robert is different. He has Asperger’s Syndrome. He experiences the world differently to 99% of the population. Follow his entertaining and highly empathetic story as he struggles to realise and accept who he really is, try to understand other people – which he cannot – and find a girlfriend. Especially find a girlfriend – he’s […]

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Mari Nosal on the ‘Ten Commandments of Interacting With Kids on the Autism Spectrum’

Jo Worgan — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:21:32 +0000

Mari Nosal from Plymouth, Massachusetts, has used her own experiences of raising a child with Asperger’s Syndrome, now a young man, and her years of professional experience working with both children and parents within the autism community to help and inform others. Mari is a published autism author and blogger with over 25 years’ experience […]

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The Reason I Jump – how adapting an Autism guide allowed a father to understand his son

Shân Ellis — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 01:05:00 +0000

Naoki Higashida was only 13 when he wrote The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism. It is not a book like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, but rather a series of questions and answers about being Autistic, written by an Autistic individual. Much like a […]

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Interview with Gonzalo W Benard, author of The Sacred Book of G

Jo Worgan — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:30:00 +0000

Gonzalo W. Bénard is an artist, curator and published writer, “The Sacred Book of G” is his fourth published book, his previous books have all been about his passion of photography. This book is a collection of ‘memoirs and philosophy through an autistic mind.’ Gonzalo is on the autistic spectrum. The information on Gonzalo’s website […]

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Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure, to be made into new comic

Jo Worgan — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:29:08 +0000

Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure – Kathy Hoopmann is the author of the Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure. The book centers around the character of a child, Ben who has Asperger’s syndrome, and his adventures with best friend Andy. The book starts with Ben sitting in the classroom and being reprimanded by his […]

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Man with Asperger’s syndrome signs with national book publisher Charisma House

News In Brief — Fri, 01 May 2015 01:02:00 +0000

Rochester Hills, Michigan – Ron Sandison has Asperger’s syndrome. Talking to the Daily Tribune, he explained that he struggled during his early years and experienced bullying at school because he was “socially awkward.” Now that Ron has a book deal with a national publishing house, he wants to help others. His book, “A Concise Guide […]

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