Taking Autism to School (Special Kids in School) Paperback – April 1, 2002

I liked everything about this book with two BIG exceptions.1) The page about medication. Children don't need to know whether any of their classmates take medication or not - for any reason including autism. Seems off-point and unnecessary.2) The page regarding the child with autism not wanting to participate during recess/play. This may or may not be true. The child may want desperately to participate, but not know how. This is too narrow of thinking and stereotypical, and can lead to other children not making an effort to include the child with autism. ("The book said he likes to be left alone.").Since these two pages could not easily be removed from the book, I decided to return it. If in the future, the page with medication is removed entirely, and the recess/play page modified, I would love to order for my son's IEP team.

Taking Autism to School (and other books in the series) is an essential book in a teacher's library. AS a special education teacher, I read this book (and others in the series, i.e., Taking Diabetes, etc., to School) in classrooms each year. It is a perfect book to help peers understand some of the characteristics that go with autism. It works great to ask the students what they know about autism before reading it, then reviewing afterward. There are also questions at the end of each book in the series.

This is great for parents to read to their kids who have a classmate or know of a child on the spectrum. Also very, very short read for an adult who knows nothing on autism. Great book in which every kid should have a copy and be sent home with.

This book is one in a series on various disabilities and medical issues. Each book has Teacher Tips and resources at the end as well as a quiz. I always find these useful. I don't really care for the portrayal of the individual with autism. If you had a student in the class who was exactly like him, it might work. I have a problem with the generalizations that are made, not all kids with autism take meds, not all kdis with autism have echolalia. I think it could give kids the wrong impression. There are better books on autism out there.

This book is few on pages but packed with some basic autism information for children. I wish it had listed a few more symptoms, ie sensory and others, and summed up differences between all children, but am happy to have purchased the book. There is good review type quiz for children at the end of the book and a checklist for teachers.

a good book for classic autism. my son has pdd nos and it is to stereotyped for him to relate to the character.

good read

There couldn't be a better book to read to ,or have mainstream children read (teachers too).