The Books
Note about categories: Some books may be listed in multiple categories.
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Alzheimer's*
Asperger's Syndrome
- Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence by Luke Jackson
- House Rules: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
- Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
- Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork
- Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's True Love Story by Jerry Newport and Mary Newport
- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
- The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's by Temple Grandin
Assistance Animals
Autism
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism by Clara Claiborne Park
- Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon
- Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey into the Lost History of Autism by Paul Collins
- The Reason I Jump:The Inner Voice of a Thirteen Year Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
- Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
- Twin: A Memoir by Allen Shawn
- The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's by Temple Grandin
Bipolar Disorder
Blindness
Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
Depression
Disability Rights
- Their Time Has Come: Youth with Disabilities on the Cusp of Adulthood by Valerie Leiter
Dwarfism
Eating Disorders
Gender Identity
Note: We do not consider gender identity other than male/female a disorder, but rather an area of human difference which as been perceived as such in the past, both psychologically and medically. As such, understanding concepts of gender identify serves much the same purpose for us as educators as reading other books you may find on this site.
Genetic Disorders
- Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic by Martha Beck (Down Syndrome)
- The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness by Jennifer Latson (Williams Syndrome)
- The Condition: A Novel by Jennifer Haigh (Turner Syndrome)
Hoarding
Intellectual Impairment
Locked in Syndrome
Medical Disorders
Memory Loss
Multiple Disabilities
Multiple Personality Disorder
Mutism
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Physical Disability
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Schizophrenia
Seizure Disorder
Self-Injury
Sexual Abuse/Assault
Tourette's Syndrome
Traumatic Brain Injury
Summer Reading
For the past few years, the high school that several of us work at has a yearly summer reading book that all staff and students read - then we have a discussion day in the fall. As such, we've chosen so far to have this be one of our Book Club books, even if it went outside our typical theme.
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team that Changed a Town by Warren St. John
- Talent is Over-rated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
- Zeitoun by Dave Eggers