Stibalfamily Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Can you link me with you favorite series, clips and videos, stories, and books about living with and/or "overcoming" a disability? For our morning basket time I want to spend some time talking about people living with disabilities. My son is 7 and is beginning to see and understand his own disabilities for the first time. I have been trying to explain to him that we all have our own abilities and disabilites. I want to teach him the power of a positive outlook and perseverance and that his disabilities are not the end of the story. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 El Deafo by Cece Bell is supposed to be really good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Have you read Wonder? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stibalfamily Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Have you read Wonder? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk No, but I saw that on a book list. I will see if the library has it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Not for now, but when he's older he might like The Danger Box by Blue Balliett. It's a mystery told mostly 1st-person from the point of view of the main character, a 12-year-old boy with short stature who is legally blind and almost certainly has ASD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 I had just been sorting through this thread from last year; it has some good suggestions on it: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/643773-childrens-books-showing-neurodiversity/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Team Hoyt (Father-Son Triathalete, son is in a wheel chair) Getting Back Up (Story of Nick Vujicic, born with no arms and legs) Achu's Hope (15 yo Sudanese Orphan who almost lost her leg and life) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) Extraordinary People with Disabilities (by Deborah Kent) A book at a gr. 4-6 reading level, so perfect for reading aloud to a 7yo. It has 48 short (3-4 page) biographies of famous people who overcame disabilities. You could spend 1-2 days per biography, reading all or 1/2 the bio at a sitting, and also have time to discuss. :) ALA (American Librarians Association) list of Children's Books about the Disability Experience Book list is divided into sections for younger readers, middle school readers, and young adult readers, with a short description of each title. Teacher Vision: List of Children's Books About Disabilities Book list is marked for reading levels: AC (Adult Reads to Child), JE (Juvenile Easy Reader), JF (Juvenile Fiction), YA (Young Adult, and A (Adult). Each title has a short description of each title. Includes titles about learning disabilities, as well as physical disabilities. Edited January 13, 2018 by Lori D. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fralala Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 In no particular order, a book list: Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr. Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari Chang and the Bamboo Flute and Bird Boy by Elizabeth Starr Hill Just Because by Rebecca Elliott The Hickory Chair by Lisa Rowe Fraustino Nathan's Wish by Laurie Lears The Storm by Marc Harshman The Jazz Man by Mary Hays Weik The Prince Noah books by Silke Schnee Mandy Sue Day by Roberta Karim What Color is the Wind? by Anne Herbauts My Friend Isabelle by Eliza Woloson Look Up! by Jung Jin-Ho The Moses books by Isaac Millman Perfect by Nicola Davies Zoom! by Robert Munsch My Pal, Victor by Diane Bertrand Gonzales My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay by Cari Best King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco And El Deafo is indeed one of my 7 year old's favorite books ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Is fiction alright? The main character of the iFunny series (which my kids love) is in a wheel chair. I think it does a really good job with it. What makes him special...the main thing about him...is not that he's in a wheel chair but that he's a comedian. But that's part of what makes it such a good book about disabilities, even though it's not primarily about that. Can you link me with you favorite series, clips and videos, stories, and books about living with and/or "overcoming" a disability? For our morning basket time I want to spend some time talking about people living with disabilities. My son is 7 and is beginning to see and understand his own disabilities for the first time. I have been trying to explain to him that we all have our own abilities and disabilites. I want to teach him the power of a positive outlook and perseverance and that his disabilities are not the end of the story. Thanks so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Small Steps: The Year I got Polio by Peg Kehret was great. It is autobiographical and is a fairly simple chapter book. We have a lot of polio connections in our family and I couldn'tput it down when I started it. Emily Edited January 15, 2018 by EmilyGF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The Hank Zipzer series by Henry Winkler. Very cute series and at your son’s age, he would love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in IL Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Arabella by Wendy Orr A picture book. Neat story including a boy in a wheelchair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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