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All Kinds of Friends
My Friend Has Autism
In My Friend Has Autism, beginning readers are introduced to different characters who have autism, how autism may affect their actions, and how we can be good friends to people who have autism. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they discover how to empathetic and inlude all kinds of friends.
24 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2019
About the author
Kaitlyn Duling
218 books4 followersKaitlyn Duling believes in the power of words to change hearts, minds, and ultimately—actions.
She is a graduate of the Program in Creative Writing at Knox College, where she studied poetry. An Illinoisan at heart, she currently resides in Boston, MA, where she has authored over one hundred books for children and teens. She loves to write, travel, and explore the city with her wife and friends.
She knows that knowledge of the past is the key to our future and wants to make sure that all children and families have access to high-quality information.
A Pushcart nominee, Best of the Net nominee, and winner of the Davenport Poetry Award, her poems have found homes in Denver Quarterly, Big Muddy, Ninth Letter, IDK Magazine, The Fourth River, and Wilde Magazine, among others.
She is a graduate of the Program in Creative Writing at Knox College, where she studied poetry. An Illinoisan at heart, she currently resides in Boston, MA, where she has authored over one hundred books for children and teens. She loves to write, travel, and explore the city with her wife and friends.
She knows that knowledge of the past is the key to our future and wants to make sure that all children and families have access to high-quality information.
A Pushcart nominee, Best of the Net nominee, and winner of the Davenport Poetry Award, her poems have found homes in Denver Quarterly, Big Muddy, Ninth Letter, IDK Magazine, The Fourth River, and Wilde Magazine, among others.
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June 10, 2023
Great photos
November 3, 2021
The problem with this book is its framing of talking about autistics as other. “People with autism aren’t all the same. They all have different abilities. Just like us!” Oh, so “us” doesn’t include autistics. Autistics are “they” and the reader is assumed to be not autistic?
Kind of ick.
That said, the book can do some good. It treats flapping, compression vests, sensory tools. It is trying to have a positive message of reasonable accommodation and inclusion. It ends with “We are all different. We are all friends!” Which at last is combining “them” and “us” into “we”.
Kind of ick.
That said, the book can do some good. It treats flapping, compression vests, sensory tools. It is trying to have a positive message of reasonable accommodation and inclusion. It ends with “We are all different. We are all friends!” Which at last is combining “them” and “us” into “we”.
April 13, 2021
I had to check out this new series at my library, and I am pleasantly surprised! Sometimes nonfiction books about disabilities for children are either too much or too little, but I find this perfectly age-appropriate for its target audience (beginning readers, ages 5-6). Would be a great addition to a classroom collection.
February 8, 2020
A preschool and up introudction to Autism includind symptoms and suggestions for coping.
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March 21, 2023Neurodivergent content: talks about autistic friends, though uses person-first language, but does show AAC in use
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews