The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time.
I think some high school students might
really dig it.
A really good book with a main character
who had autism. One of the best books I've read in a long time. A little
bit Catcher in the Rye, a little bit detective story, a little bit About
a Boy. There are some really cool math problems in the novel and it makes
you see the world from the eyes of someone with autism.
Websites:
http://ericec.org/fact/kidbooks.html#AC
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kidsbooks.html
http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/4-04/Bullard4-04.html#top
This site is based in Michigan, but it
has an article '20 Ways To Ensure the Successful Inclusion of Asperger
Child in the General Education Classroom' which has some good tips.
We noticed in our group that some of the guidelines for instructional strategies
and modifications for certain disabilities, like here, seem like good ideas
for many different sorts of students we're reading about in the sped book
and discussing in class