
Other Disabilities
Often children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder are challenged by other disorders and disabilities, or special needs. This is a comprehensive list of resources on Dyspraxia, ADHD, Dyslexia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette’s, learning difficulties and more. Scroll down to see the entire list, or choose a category below.
- Additional Topics:
- Tourette Syndrome
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Nonverbal Learning Disability
- Learning Difficulties/ Gifted
- ADD/ADHD
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Managing Meltdowns and Tantrums on the Autism Spectrum
For parents of children with ASD (and other conditions) aged 2-9, who need advice on managing meltdowns. Offering simple and clear explanations of triggers for arousal and meltdowns, it is followed by clear strategies of how to deal with them to help the child, and the parent themselves.
$30.95In stock
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Managing Your Money
This down-to-earth guide is filled with practical advice on everything from how to budget and be a smart shopper to student loans, mortgages and insurance. An essential book for equipping young people with the skills they need to manage their money now and in the future.
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Masturbation, Autism and Learning Disabilities – A Guide for Parents and Professionals
This frank and thorough guide looks at societal, cultural and religious views of masturbation, how teens develop into sexual beings, the right to be sexual, how to masturbate, appropriate public and private behaviour, professional responsibilities and boundaries, and legal aspects of this topic.
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Music for Special Kids – Musical Activities, Songs, Instruments and Resources
Music is a powerful means of engaging children with developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy. This lively music activity book shows how music can be an effective and enjoyable way to enhance the education and development of children with special needs.
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My Senses Are Like Cups – What to Do When Everything Feels Too Much or Not Nearly Enough
Help your child aged 7+ think about, explore and develop ways to manage sensory overload and feeling under stimulated with quirky cartoons that visually illustrate the approach. Sections on each of the eight senses (including your internal ‘body signals’ like hunger) feature noticing and knowledge-building activities to help kids get their own, unique, senses cups feeling ‘just right’ for them. Get going on some sensory experiments!
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Navigating PDA in America
The authors of this book explain PDA with an emphasis on promoting well-being both for PDA individuals and all those who support them. They provide a neurodiversity-affirming framework for supporting anxious, demand avoidant individuals across a range of settings and services. As awareness spreads across the pond, the compassion and clarity in this book will become a valuable guide to many.
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Neurodiversity and Technology – Neuroscience-led strategies for parents
Beatrice Moise, neurodivergent author, mother to neurodivergent children and parent-expert for NBC, is here to provide practical, non-judgmental advice on engaging with technology in a positive way. Drawing on her own lived experience, this parental survival guide helps you unpick the relationship between screen time and behaviour, reinforce positive behaviours, and draw boundaries when needed.
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Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities – Characteristics, Diagnosis and Treatment within an Educational Setting
Marieke Molenaar-Klumper provides an overview of the varied opinions expressed about NLD. She describes the cognitive, psychometric, socio-emotional and visual aspects of this syndrome.
$37.95 -
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home – A Parent’s Guide
Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) are an enigma. They’re children with extraordinary gifts and heartbreaking challenges that go far beyond the classroom.
$41.95 -
Nurturing Nature: A Guide to Gardening for Special Needs
Learn how to start a garden, encourage growth and get great results—for both individuals and their plants!
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Optimistic Parenting: Hope and Help for You and Your Challenging Child
Happier lives. Less stress. Family harmony. That’s what all parents of children with challenging behavior want. Learn how to get there with this groundbreaking guide to confident, skillful, and positive parenting.
$37.95In stock
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Organizing the Disorganized Child – Simple Strategies to Succeed in School
This book finally answers the parents? question, “How can I help my child get organized without waging a battle?” This essential toolkit for parents and educators factors organizational styles into the equation, and offers effective strategies that deliver amazing long-term results.
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Overcoming Anxiety in Children and Teens
Author Jed Baker describes motivational techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, exercises, relaxation and mindfulness guides to lower anxiety to the point where individuals can begin to confront their fears . The book covers: simple phobias, social phobia, selective mutism, separation anxiety and school refusal, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, somatic symptom disorder and/or illness anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, perfectionism, and other common fears.
$20.95In stock
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The Neurodiverse Classroom – A Teacher’s Guide to Individual Learning Needs and How to Meet Them
With specific learning difficulties more prevalent than ever in mainstream schools, this is the essential guide for teachers wishing to create inclusive and successful learning environments in diverse classrooms.
$37.95