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"Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are--these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing disorder, and other neurodifferences. Their challenges are many. But for the parents who love them, the challenges are just as hard--struggling to find the right school, the right...
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Differently Wired is an illustrated collection of around sixty articles and blogs written by James Christie for the Huffington Post UK, the Glasgow West End Guide, Autism Eye magazine - and even the Sherlock Holmes Journal. They cover subjects as diverse as Einstein's brain, Scottish independence, American civil rights, libraries, adults with autism, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, all with told with Christie's characteristic fluency and barbed wit...
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Workman Publishing
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[2019]
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English
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A revolutionary book of practical advice and inspiration for parenting differently wired kids--kids who are challenged by anxiety, ADHD, Asperger's, giftedness, dyslexia, or other conditions--now in paperback. Filled with strategies and support, it will help every family discover newfound confidence, peace, and acceptance.
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Da Capo Lifelong
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2011.
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English
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In "The Gift of Neurodiversity", Armstrong argues that we have been too quick to pathologise brain differences. Indeed, in recent years, we have re-classified these differences, labeling many of them "disorders." What science actually suggests is that there are many different ways for our brains to be wired, and that there are actual "gifts" or "strengths" attached to some of these differences.
5) Seeing what others cannot see: the hidden advantages of visual thinkers and differently wired brains
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Prometheus Books
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2017.
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English
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For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning differences. In this new book, he investigates how different kinds of brains and different ways of thinking can help to make discoveries and solve problems in innovative and unexpected ways. West focuses on what he has learned over the years from a group...
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