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We Bought a Zoo

2011

Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

124 min

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Parenting Like a Ninja: An Autism Mom’s Guide to Professional Productivity

Parenting Like a Ninja is an authentic discussion of the complexity faced by working autism moms, with clear steps to increase energy and productivity in all areas of work and life.

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Faith Clarke
2024
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The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder (Revised Edition)

The first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder, The Out-of-Sync Child touched the hearts and lives of thousands of families.

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Carol Stock Kranowitz
2024
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Thriving with Autism: 90 Activities to Encourage Your Child’s Communication, Engagement, and Play

Help children with autism strengthen their connections―supportive strategies for ages 1 to 11 To guide your efforts to help your child flourish, this book has 90 playful, evidence-based activities.

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Katie Cook
2024
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The Parent’s Guide to Occupational Therapy for Autism and Other Special Needs

With the help of this handy guide, you can bring tried and tested occupational therapy activities into your home and encourage your child to succeed with everyday tasks while having fun in the process.

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Cara Koscinski
2024
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It’s Perfectly OK to Call a Disabled Person ‘Disabled,’ and Here’s Why

We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.

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Brittany Wong
2019
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Connecting and Communicating with Your Autistic Child

This book teaches drama and immersive theatre-based activities for parents and professionals working with children and young people on the autism spectrum.

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Tessa Morton, Jane Gurnett
2024
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The Joys and Challenges of Being a Parent With Autism

A generation of parents are revealing some advantages of the condition, even when their children don’t share the diagnosis.

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Sarah DeWeerdt and Spectrum
2017
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Saving Normal: An Insider’s Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than “worried well” are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment.

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Allen Frances
2014
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Identity and Neurodiversity

Conceptions of identities are complex. We have a number of identities that manifest themselves in different environments or as composite forms of background experience. So, do neurodiverse conditions like autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar really comprise a part of a person’s identity?

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International Bipolar Foundation
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How Can You Support Your Teenager with Autism Spectrum Disorder If They Are Depressed?

Having ASD increases the risk of depression in teens, but effective treatments are available

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Chris McDougle, Robyn Thom
2020
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