Hey, all you grandparents out there. And all you grandkids who have grandparents. And all those parents stuck in the middle! I’m looking for real-life stories about grandparents and how they deal with a grandkid with Asperger syndrome. I’ve been asked to write a book for grandparents. Besides the obvious gathering of tips and suggestions [...]
January 31, 2011
Here it is, the promo video for my new book on common sense. Comic Sense is available at Amazon (see link at the side). The cover image and “See inside” are pending.
January 8, 2011
I get asked this question a lot: What is sensory processing disorder? And I’ve learned that people want the short answer. So okay, here it is. The short answer is that it’s about making sense of the senses. The brain has the task of doing this, and it ain’t easy. Think about it. Every bit [...]
October 11, 2010
What Does Everybody Else Know that I Don’t? is a book my Michele Novotni. Dr. Novotni works with ADHD adults. She wrote the book to describe the holes in social knowledge that ADHD adults typically have. The title raises an interesting question for Asperger adults too. What does everybody else know? How can you learn [...]
November 18, 2008
I have written a book on sensory processing disorder for kids in middle school and young teens. It’s a book for them, rather than for us, so it had to be illustrated. And by illustrated, I mean illustrated just right, because god forbid if the illustrations are lame. The process of trying to get the [...]
September 30, 2008
It all began last spring. I was at a one-day presentation by Ellen Yack on sensory integration therapy, looking for ideas and resources. Ellen gave all the attendees an exhaustive book and article list. Which I scoured. But I couldn’t find a single book for kids or young teens anywhere in the list. So I [...]
March 1, 2011
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