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How to find a four-leaf clover : what Autism can teach us about difference, connection, and belonging / Jodi Rodgers.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2024Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 270 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316471978
  • 0316471976
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part I. Having a unique perspective: thinking, sensing, and feeling. Emily's diapers ; Eric's bowl ; Sebastian's Spider-Man ; Heidi's bed ; Elliot's clock ; Dylan's hallway ; Sally's food court ; Melanie's hair ; Beth's stake ; Margot's gut ; Nikko's rock ; Ellis's three days -- Part II. Sharing our point of view: expressing and understanding. Jonathan's eleven ; Dennis's nod ; Joseph's Mona Lisa ; Frankie's magic carpet ; Leo's Madonna ; Nash's sneakers ; Jimmy's atlas -- Part III. Empathizing: connecting and belonging. Bradley's goggles ; Alice's dress ; Sara's dating apps ; Aaron's honeymoon ; Harry's trench ; Andre's concerto ; Malik's echidna ; Pete's door ; Imogen's eggs.
Summary: A special-education teacher with thirty years of experience working with autistic people gives readers a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the neurodiverse community and looks at ways we can develop more meaningful connections with others.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 362.1968 R691 Available 33111011247919
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A powerfully moving read from beloved Love on the Spectrum star and disability rights advocate Jodi Rodgers, sharing lessons from her work within the autistic community that can help create a more inclusive society for us all.



In How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover , Jodi Rodgers gives us inspiring, heartwarming stories from her years of experience as a teacher and counselor supporting autistic people. While acknowledging our differences, these stories invite us to expand our empathy and compassion for the neurodivergent people in our lives. Throughout, Rodgers explores the powerful impact of embracing neurodiversity and forming meaningful connections with those around us. Each chapter highlights a different story and an aspect of human behavior, including:

How we perceive the world, and our own unique experience of thinking, sensing, and feeling How we communicate our perspective to others, understand one another, and express ourselves How we can better connect with one another

With dozens of moving stories, How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover will give readers a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the neurodiverse community around them. Above all, it will inspire a profound sense of belonging, revealing that we're much more similar than we think.

A special-education teacher with thirty years of experience working with autistic people gives readers a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the neurodiverse community and looks at ways we can develop more meaningful connections with others.

Part I. Having a unique perspective: thinking, sensing, and feeling. Emily's diapers ; Eric's bowl ; Sebastian's Spider-Man ; Heidi's bed ; Elliot's clock ; Dylan's hallway ; Sally's food court ; Melanie's hair ; Beth's stake ; Margot's gut ; Nikko's rock ; Ellis's three days -- Part II. Sharing our point of view: expressing and understanding. Jonathan's eleven ; Dennis's nod ; Joseph's Mona Lisa ; Frankie's magic carpet ; Leo's Madonna ; Nash's sneakers ; Jimmy's atlas -- Part III. Empathizing: connecting and belonging. Bradley's goggles ; Alice's dress ; Sara's dating apps ; Aaron's honeymoon ; Harry's trench ; Andre's concerto ; Malik's echidna ; Pete's door ; Imogen's eggs.

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