Børn og unge: personlige og sociale emner: handikap og specielle behov

Attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) and self-compassion experts Mark Bertin and Karen Bluth bring teens powerful skills for overcoming self-criticism and building the executive functioning skills they need to become more confident, resilient, and independent. The book includes mindfulness tools to help teens accept the limitations of ADHD, and self-compassion strategies to help them stop beating themselves up and comparing themselves to their peers.

Raccoon Mike and Ralph Wolf met in grade school. Through their friendship, they learned that they each had a learning disability. Despite their challenges, they remained focused, completed trade school, and have become successful electricians.

When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay-and leave. Rex left, driving toward the only other gay man he knew and a toxic relationship that would ultimately leave him homeless and desperate on the streets of New Orleans.Here, Rex tells the story of his coming out and his father's rejection of his identity, navigating abuse and survival on the streets. Road Home is a devastating and incandescent reflection on Rex's hunger-for food, for love and for a place to call home-completing the trilogy of memoirs that began with the award-winning Free Lunch.

"An undead teen must find the boy he loves before he loses his mind and body"--

Tasha has a big birthday present for her friend, Sam. Or at least it's a big gift until the other guests start bringing even bigger ones. Tasha can't let her present be the smallest because it has to be just as big--no, bigger--than Tasha and Sam's friendship. But how can Tasha find something that big? And what if the other friends continue to bring bigger and bigger presents?The Biggest Gift of All celebrates diversity in its charming watercolor-style illustration and heart-warming story as Tasha learns what it means to be a true friend.

Ten-year-old Jacob, a double amputee, finds himself, along with his eight-year-old brother, accidentally sent back in time to the year 1910. In this era, the wonders of electricity were just beginning to be realized, and many people believed that the sky was the limit! This made his state-of-the-art bionic prosthetic arm and prosthetic leg a fascinating sight that feels possible but still raises eyebrows. Jacob enjoys playing robot with his advanced prostheses, but soon realizes that the term "robot" doesn't even exist in 1910. He discovers however that the children he meets are familiar with a metal-man called Tik-Tok in the Osma of Oz story book, from the Wizard of Oz series, so he renames his play "playing Tik-Tok" instead. He and his brother make many new friends playing Tik-Tok. While they wait to be rescued by their parents, an ambitious inventor notices the remarkable nature of Jacob's prostheses and becomes determined to steal them so he can patent the technology and become wealthy. Discover how Jacob and his brother escape the clutches of the inventor in this thrilling children's time travel adventure!

A manual to home design that is a reflection of the important moments and people in our lives by the founding style director at Garden & Gun, Haskell Harris

This fascinating, groundbreaking picture book by an autistic creator celebrates stims--the repetitive movements that provide focused stimulation to people on the autistic spectrum.

This workbook is for children 8+ and their parents, carers, teachers, or therapists to inspire open-ended dialogue about what it means to be smart, how intelligence looks different to everyone and build empathy and understanding for some of the challenges neurodivergent people face and the strengths that come from these different perspectives.

Abel's Mission of Hope! Born Abel exists to highlight and normalize the humanity, worth, and abilities of babies and children born with complex health conditions. We provide mom-to-mom support - connecting families with advocacy resources, helping supply baby and pregnancy necessities, and showcasing these amazingly "abeled" children in colorful, kid-friendly books. Visit www.BornAbel.com for more resources and to nominate an Abel kid for one of our next books!

Some floofs' shake hands and other's fetch sticks, but can an old floof really learn new tricks!?This beautiful true story goes to show, that anything can happen if you give it a go!A story about a blind dog, her humans and anadventure at Pride FairdayCome and join Nitro on her new adventure atFairday!

"Two best friends use rhyming ASL to help vanquish their fear of the monster under the bed ... When nighttime comes, Milo has a problem--he's convinced there's a monster under his bed! Luckily, his best friend Mel knows just what to do--scare the monster more than the monster scares you! So using shadow puppets on the wall, Mel and Milo make monster hands that roar, chomp and even laugh to scare the monster away"--

A collection of sizzling summer-themed crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting children's book authors!Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series.

Dreamers come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and ability levels. Children have different abilities and face different challenges. Some may have obstacles that limit them a little or a lot, but ALL can be empowered. The children featured in A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT ME offer empowering stories of hope and inclusion that emphasize the importance of having choices, taking risks, being supported and listened to, thinking and speaking positively, and treasuring happy moments.

"Being brave helps with hard stuff. Being brave makes life happier! Being brave makes a big difference. You are brave!"--Back cover.

After learning your child is autistic, one of the first things parents ask themselves, is how do we share this with our child? Wild & Free and Uniquely Me, is a heartfelt book about autism acceptance, a love letter from parent to child, explaining they are perfectly designed with a beautiful mind!Many autistic adults share they always knew they were different. Learning they are autistic explained why they felt different and also that there was nothing wrong with them. Their minds are just wired differently. This book is a wonderful tool filled with words of love, encouragement, and understanding to help your autistic child form a positive self-identity. It is sure to be a book you read over and over with your child to remind them how perfectly unique, wild & free they are!

Content warning. This book deals with depression, drug use, suicide, and grief.