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The Educational Resource Center, in recognition of Autism Awareness Month, highlights a sampling of the assortment of resources in the ERC on Autism. Autism Awareness Month is celebrated nationally every year in April. It is sponsored by the Autism Society of America. Click on the titles below to link to Maxwell Library’s online catalog. For information on Autism that includes classroom management, special education teaching methods, language development, and more … visit Maxwell Library’s database, Education Full Text and ERIC. Off-campus users need to log-in first.

Al Capone Does My Shirt by Gennifer Choldenko A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards’ families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.	Rules by Cynthia Lord Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
Educating Children and Youth With Autism: Strategies for Effective Practice by Richard L. Simpson and Brenda Smith Myles Current information and guidelines for the education of children with autism and pervasive developmental disorders.	Russell is Extra Special: A Book About Autism for Children by Charles A. Amenta Describes the daily life, likes and dislikes, and habits of Russell Amenta, who is a happy boy despite being severely autistic.

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