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While Other Friendships Go Up in Smoke, Theirs Will Still Be Oak | Since We're Friends: An Autism Picture Book | Celeste Shally

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	• Since We're Friends: An Autism Picture Book Celeste Shally Awaken Specialty Press, 2007 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Classmates acceptance of a "different child"

I bought this book with the hope that the children in my son's class would have a small understanding of why he was different. It has helped them in a simple way to accept that he is different and that his behaviour is not because he doesn't like them. They accept the way he acts and in fact tell other children at school to accept him because his 'brain' is different. One child thought my son was bullying him because of the way he spoke to the child in the playground. In fact this particular child didn't want to come to school anymore because of my son. When I asked my sons teacher to let the mother of that child take the book home, the child understood that my son wasn't bullying him but was different and they are now friends. My son was trying in his way to make friends but the other boy didn't understand. Thank you so much for putting a child with Autisim's difficulties in such a lovely book. It has helped my son be accepted for who he is in his school.

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book shed some light on simple ways for us to help an autisic child cope with certain every day situations.

While Other Friendships Go Up in Smoke, Theirs Will Still Be Oak

An unnamed boy of indeterminate early grade age describes his friend Matt, who has autism. Matt is described and identified as autistic, but his friend just lets Matt's autism be a background factoid and not the focus of their friendship.

Matt's friend describes some of Matt's challenges, such as his difficulty in following directions during basketball practice; his aversion for loud, painful noises; reading the responses of other people and generally making sense out of a world that is often confusing. The young narrator says that he shows Matt what to do and explains things to him "because we are friends."

The boys are of different races. They generally come across as being cheerful and Matt is identified by his expression when confronted with a surprise, an unpleasant sensory experience or some confusing directive.

This author is brilliant and I like the way the message of acceptance and being a good friend to somebody with autism is featured. Let's hope the message this book contains will encourage children to regard peers with different abilities in a tolerant light. My Best Friend Will is a good companion book to this one.

Their friendship makes me think of the Cole Porter classic, "Friendship." They have beautifully demonstrated that "while other friendships go up in smoke, ours will still be oak, rah da da da da, be beepoom baa."

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Children with autism struggle to make friends and navigate social situations. However, one child can make a significant difference in the life of a child with autism by offering compassion, understanding and friendship.

Since We re Friends is about two boys. One has autism, the other does not. The story of their relationship provides practical examples of how to make such a friendship work. It will help children see that their peers with autism can make a fun, genuine contribution to friendship.

From the publisher:
The prevalence of autism has skyrocketed in recent years. One in every 150 children is now living with this pervasive developmental disorder. The handful of autism children s books on the market represents the most severe cases of autism. However, most children with autism are much less severe. These misunderstood children struggle in social situations and have difficulty making friends. Since We re Friends will appeal to family members, friends, teachers, therapists, doctors, neighbors, and anyone who seeks to know and understand more about children with autism.

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