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BKLYN "Upping the Bar on Inclusion: Exploring Patterns of Exclusion in Early Childhood" Recommended Resources

This resource list was created for the session "Upping the Bar on Inclusion: Exploring Patterns of Exclusion in Early Childhood," as part of the BKLYN Early Childhood Educator Series, a series of 6 professional development workshops curated by BPL for early childhood educators and librarians working with young children in diverse schools, early childhood settings, institutions, and libraries

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Accidents of nature
Johnson, Harriet McBryde.
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An intense, laugh-out-loud funny story of the friendship of four students with disabilities informed by the author’s own experiences.

The reason I jump : the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism
Higashida, Naoki, 1992-
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A thirteen-year-old describes his experience with autism.

This kid can fly : it's about ability (not disability)
Philip, Aaron, author.
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In this memoir of growing up as an Antiguan immigrant with CP in NYC, Aaron talks about his family’s struggles, poverty, homelessness, and the difficulties of getting around the city in a wheelchair, as well as his passion for anime and art.

A mango-shaped space [electronic resource] : a novel
Mass, Wendy, 1967-
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Mia’s life with synesthesia. Grades 9-12.

My thirteenth winter : a memoir
Abeel, Samantha, 1977-
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Growing up with dyscalculia. Grades 6-8.

Same but different : teen life on the autism express
Peete, Holly Robinson, 1964-
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RJ, Ryan, and Holly Robinson Peete share a fictionalized version of their family’s experiences dealing with middle school as an autistic student, sister, and mother, respectively. Grades 5-7.

Autobiography of a face
Grealy, Lucy.
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Grealy deftly pulls us into the world she navigates as a female with a cranial facial difference.

Far from the Tree : Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
Solomon, Andrew, 1963-
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Solomon describes how disability and other issues inform the relationships between parents and children.

Miracle boy grows up : how the disability rights revolution saved my sanity
Mattlin, Ben, 1962-
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You won't forget this witty, unsentimental memoir told with engrossing intelligence and a unique perspective on living with a disability in the United States.