Book about children with special needs.

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I'm looking for recommendations of books about raising children with special needs or long term illnesses.

I'm not looking for Misery Lit though those tend to be abuse stories.

I've recently read ''Ollie'' by Stephen Venables and ''Expecting Adam'' by Martha and found both to be very informative and touching.

Has anyone read Blue Sky July, if so could you let me know what you think of it, and any other suggestions would be much appreciated.

Differences in Common is a really lovely book. I wrote the Amazon review so shan't repeat myself here

A Minor Adjustment is also a v. good read.

Choosing Naia is another one I liked - it's about a mixed race couple who find out their unborn child has DS and all the emotions they go through as they make up their mind re. what to do...

All of those are about children with DS because that's what we 'do' here - hopefully other people can add some variety .

Thankyou, those all look ideal.

I think I'll get all 3.

George and Sam by Charlotte Moore

A real boy by Christopher someone

Growing up Severely autistic they call me gabriel by??? published by Jessica Kingsley.

A Dog Called Henry by Nuala Gardner.

Nobody Nowhere by Donna Williams (autobiographical, so from child's point of view). www.donnawilliams.org might be of interest.

My life with Olivia by L. Astor (deals with autism)

A minor adjustment by A. Merriman(Down's Syndrome)

Dibs in Searcg of self -V.M. Axline 9 Behavioural problems)

oops a minor adjustment was already suggested

A Real Boy is by Christopher Stevens and I've just read it; it's very good.

busy body by Nick Van Bloss deals with Tourette's syndrom (haven't read it yet, by the way....but looks interesting and might be something you also would be interested in )

Living with Max deals with Down's Syndrome Down Syndrome

Blue Sky July

Daniel isn't talking

It happend to Nancy (about a young girl with aids read this a while back .

or you could just have a look here plenty of books around....

this is a good book, too

Oh and Torey Haydens Books might be somehting for you...she is mostly a special ed teacher...but the stories she writes about vary....she is a specialist in selective mutism, so some of the books she has written are about children that display this behaviour....so some books are about abused children, others are about Kids that have emotional or mental disturbances in general....but it is mostly how she works with these Kids, etc...

Oh and Torey Haydens Books might be somehting for you...she is mostly a special ed teacher...but the stories she writes about vary....she is a specialist in selective mutism, so some of the books she has written are about children that display this behaviour....so some books are about abused children, others are about Kids that have emotional or mental disturbances in general....but it is mostly how she works with these Kids, etc...

The books by Torey Hayden are super. She's a teacher of sn children.

The memory keeper's Daughter, also god.

The Strange Incident of the Dog in the Nightime

Blue Sky July is excellent, so moving and so enlightening too. I think it should be made compulsory reading for all.

I read Blue Sky July after hearing it on r4 serialised as book of week.It was shortly after dd sn dx and I wept buckets.

The Curious Incident is also fab,moving AND funny in equal measures.

For childrens books have recently borrowed a book called 2Don't call me special" a simple/story picture book about children with sn.

I was still feeling a bit raw when I read it too, I was sobbing my heart out.

Is Don't Call me Special helpful? At the moment DD doesn't realize she is different, and I'm reluctant to draw her attention to the fact, but at the same time I know it will dawn on her soon, and might make her angry and resentful.