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Far From the Tree
By: Andrew Solomon
Narrated by: Andrew Solomon
Length: 40 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of The New York Times Book Reviewās Ten Best Books of 2012, this masterpiece by the National Book Awardāwinning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound... Read more
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Colin Fischer
By: Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz
Narrated by: Jesse Eisenberg
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Encyclopedia Brown from the screenwriting duo behind X-Men: First Class and Thor!
Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions. But Colin is Wayne Connelly's best--and only--hope of proving his innocence after Wayne is accused of blowing up a birthday cake in the... Read more
Twilight
By: Henry Grunwald
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 2 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But in fact Grunwald was entering the early stages of macular degeneration -- a gradual loss of sight that affects almost 15 million Americans yet remains poorly understood... Read more
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Life Happens Next
By: Terry Trueman
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 2 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Stuck in Neutral, a Printz Honor Book, introduced the world to Shawn McDaniel, a fourteen-year-old kid with cerebral palsy. But what happens next?Shawn's got a new perspective on life. But no one has a clue. That's because they can see only his wheelchair, his limp body, his drool. What they don't see? His brain, with perfect auditory memory.... Read more
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Smart but Scattered
By: Peg Dawson, Ed.D. & Richard Guare, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
There's nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting away toys, or following instructions at school. Your "smart but scattered" child might also have trouble coping with disappointment or managing anger. Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare have great... Read more
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Stuck in Neutral
By: Terry Trueman
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 2 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
This ""intense reading experience""* is a Printz Honor Book.Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscleāhe can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to... Read more
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Father's Day
By: Buzz Bissinger
Narrated by: Buzz Bissinger
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Acclaimed Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger shares the moving and uplifting tale of his cross-country journey with his adult savant son who suffered brain damage at birth.
Buzz Bissingerās twin sons were born three minutesāand a worldāapart. Gerry, the older one, is a graduate student preparing to become a teacher. His brother Zach has... Read more
Temple Grandin
By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career has revolutionized... Read more
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Carly's Voice
By: Arthur Fleischmann & Carly Fleischmann
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor & Cassandra Campbell
Length: 11 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
At the age of two, Carly Fleischmann was diagnosed with severe autism and an oral motor condition that prevented her from speaking. Doctors predicted that she would never intellectually develop beyond the abilities of a small child. Although she made some progress after years of intensive behavioral and communication therapy, Carly remained... Read more
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The Autism Revolution
By: Dr. Martha Herbert & Karen Weintraub
Narrated by: Denice Stradling
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Move beyond conventional thinking about autism. . . .
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After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a childās genes and... Read more
Riding the Bus with My Sister
By: Rachel Simon
Narrated by: Rachel Simon
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
In the ten years since Rachel Simon first invited the world to board the bus with her and her sister, Cool Beth, readers across the globe have been moved by their story. Now, in an updated edition with fifty pages of new content, Rachel Simon reflects on changes in her life, Beth's life, and the lives of individuals with intellectual and... Read more
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Expecting Adam
By: Martha Beck
Narrated by: Joyce Bean
Length: 12 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
"He says you'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been by remaining closed."The messenger is a school janitor with a master's in art history who claims to be channeling "from both sides of the veil." "He" is Adam, a three-year-old who has never spoken an intelligible word. And the message is intended for Martha Beck, Adam's... Read more
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Boy Alone
By: Karl Taro Greenfeld
Narrated by: William Dufris
Length: 12 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
āExtraordinaryā¦ Greenfeld details what it is like to grow up next to a ābeautifulā boy with whom he can never play and never connect and who never returns his love, but who, nonetheless, is the most important fact of his life.ā
ā Michael Thompson, Ph.D., co-author of Raising Cain āBeautiful and powerful ā¦. A masterpiece of literature and memory.ā... Read more
Beautiful
By: Katie Piper
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
'I heard a horrible screaming sound, like an animal being slaughtered ... then I realised it was me.'
When Katie Piper was 24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model.
But then she met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world quickly turned into a nightmare ...
After being... Read more
My Dyslexia
By: Philip Schultz
Narrated by: William Hughes
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
An inspiring memoir of a Pulitzer Prize winnerās triumph over disabilityDespite being a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the ādummy classā in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when... Read more
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The Orange Houses
By: Paul Griffin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Meet Tamika Sykes?Mik to her friends (if she had any). She?s hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She?s a tough girl who never gets close to anyone, until she meets Fatima, a... Read more
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Samurai Kids #1: White Crane
By: Sandy Fussell
Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Can a one-legged boy become a great samurai warrior? Meet some unique aspiring champions in this kick-off to an exciting new martial arts series.Niya Moto is the only one-legged samurai kid in Japan, famous for falling flat on his face in the dirt. The one school that will accept him is the Cockroach Ryu, led by the legendary sensei Ki-Yaga. He... Read more
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Samurai Kids #3: Shaolin Tiger
By: Sandy Fussell
Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
Length: 4 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
The White Tiger Temple is under threat. To help the Shaolin monks, Sensei Ki-Yaga and the whole gang of samurai kids embark on a perilous journey across the Sea of Japan to China. But they soon discover that getting there is only half the battle. An enemy awaits them: a former student of Senseiās named Qing-Shen, Chinaās Warrior, who is now the... Read more
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Samurai Kids #2: Owl Ninja
By: Sandy Fussell
Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Across the valley, a drumbeat echoes. For ten days, the drum will call the mountain ryus to war, including the samurai kids from the Cockroach Ryu. Only Japanās feudal emperor can stop the war, so Niya and Sensei Ki-Yaga set off on a grueling journey with all the Cockroaches, whose firm friendship and unusual skills must be put to the test in... Read more
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Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II
By: Ron Koertge
Narrated by: Josh Hamilton
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Beautiful but troubled Colleen Minou is the only girl who ever looked at Ben Bancroft as more than just a spazāmore than that kid with cerebral palsy. But the more time Ben spends with Colleen, the more glaring their differences appear, which makes him wonder if what he feels for her is actual affection or if itās just gratitude.And then thereās... Read more
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Be Different
By: John Elder Robison
Narrated by: John Elder Robison
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No
āI believe those of us with Aspergerās are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. This book will help you bring out those gifts.ā
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In his bestselling memoir,Ā Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison described growing up with Aspergerās syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didnāt exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents... Read more
The Outside of a Horse
By: Ginny Rorby
Narrated by: Emily Bauer
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
āThereās nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.āāold English proverbThe stories Hannah Galeās father told her of breaking wild horses in Nevada one glorious summer when he was her age have captured her imagination. After her dad is called to fight in Iraq, she regularly stops to watch the horses at the nearby stable... Read more
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The Running Dream
By: Wendelin Van Draanen
Narrated by: Laura Flanagan
Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
The acclaimed author of FlippedĀ delivers a powerful and healing story thatās perfect for anyone whoās ever thought that something was impossible. Readers will revel in the story of a girl who puts herself back togetherāand learns to dream bigger than ever beforeāafter sheās told sheāll never run again.
Jessica thinks her life is over when she... Read more
Twin
By: Allen Shawn
Narrated by: William Hughes
Length: 7 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A heartbreaking yet deeply hopeful memoir about life as a twin in the face of autismWhen Allen Shawn and his twin sister, Mary, were two years old, Mary began exhibiting signs of what would be diagnosed years later as autism. Understanding Mary and making her life a happy one appeared to be impossible for the Shawns. With almost no warning, her... Read more
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