Autism Acceptance Month Display

April is Autism Acceptance Month! According to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, “Autism Acceptance Month promotes acceptance and celebration of autistic people as family members, friends, classmates, co-workers, and community members making valuable contributions to our world. Autism is a natural variation of the human experience, and we can all create a world which values, includes, and celebrates all kinds of minds.”

The Library is celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with a display of books and movies by and for people on the Autism Spectrum. Titles include:

• Thinking in Pictures and The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed by Temple Grandin
• Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome by Rudy Simone
• Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
• Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking
• Empowering Leadership: A Systems Change Guide for Autistic College Students and Those with Other Disabilities by Autistic Self Advocacy Network (Compiler), Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation (Contributor)
• Navigating College: A handbook on self-advocacy written for autistic students from autistic adults

Plus films:

• Temple Grandin
• Mozart and the Whale
• The Horse Boy