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Understanding Autism
By: Scientific American
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Autism is one of three diagnoses that the DSM-5 includes in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While our understanding of this condition has grown exponentially, research has been fraught with controversy. Autism appears to be on the rise, depending on how you define it, and its causes more complex than imagined. In Understanding Autism, Scientific... Read more
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Searching for Spenser
By: Margaret Karmar
Narrated by: Margaret Kramar & Maureen Carroll
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: No
Parenting can be a struggle; especially parenting a disabled child. In this flawlessly written memoir, Kramar describes championing her son, diagnosed with Sotos syndrome, through his short life. She examines the experience of loving and losing a child and reminds us that there is a way forward through the grief. Kramar’s memoir offers guidance,... Read more
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The Pattern Seekers
By: Simon Baron-Cohen
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.
Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role... Read more
Mindful Parenting for ADHD
By: Mark Bertin, MD
Narrated by: William Sarris
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Written by a pediatrician and based in proven-effective mindfulness techniques, this book will help you and your child with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) keep calm, flexible, and in control.
If you are a parent of a child with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you probably face many unique daily challenges. Kids... Read more
Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating
By: Jenny McGlothlin, MS, SLP & Katja Rowell, MD
Narrated by: Tina Wolstencroft
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Are you parenting a child with "extreme" picky eating? Having a child with "extreme" picky eating is frustrating and sometimes scary. Children with feeding disorders, food aversions, or selective eating often experience anxiety around food, and the power struggles can negatively impact your relationship with your child. But you don't have to... Read more
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Anxiety Relief for Kids
By: Bridge Flynn Walker, PhD
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Length: 7 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
If you have a child with anxiety, you need quick, in-the-moment solutions you can easily use now to help your child face their fears and worries. Written by a psychologist and expert in childhood anxiety, this guide offers proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure skills you can use at home, in social settings, or anywhere... Read more
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Healing Your Child’s Brain
By: Carol Newell & Matthew Newell
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Diagnosis is not destiny.
Autism. ADHD. Learning difficulties. Epilepsy. Cerebral palsy. Traumatic brain injury. From the moment your child is diagnosed with a special-needs condition, you are plunged into a world of doctors, specialists, and therapists. But the most important person on your child's care team is you.
In Healing Your Child's... Read more
Blind Ambition
By: Chad E. Foster
Narrated by: Zach Hoffman
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
For anyone seeking to live life to its fullest potential, Blind Ambition is an eye-opening account of a tech industry executive who overcame fear and hopelessness to turn his blindness disability into a powerful, competitive strength.While most people were preparing for the adventure of adult life, Chad E. Foster was watching the world he grew... Read more
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DAS NEUE LERNEN
By: Jo Boaler
Narrated by: Katharina Abt
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Wie wir lernen, neu zu lernen – und damit unser volles Potenzial ausschöpfen Schon in der Schule werden wir in Schubladen gesteckt: Viele Menschen hören von Eltern und Lehrern, dass sie kein »Mathematiktalent«, keine »Sprachbegabung« oder keinen »Kunstsinn« hätten. Jo Boaler, renommierte Stanford-Professorin und Lernforscherin, räumt mit diesem... Read more
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I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder
By: Sarah Kurchak
Narrated by: Zura Johnson
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink. In I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder, Kurchak examines the... Read more
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A Miracle at Bates Memorial: The Adventures of Lili
By: Gin Noon Spaulding
Narrated by: Gin Noon Spaulding
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A Miracle at Bates Memorial is the first book in the children's series, The Adventures of Li-Li. Inspired by her daughter, Maleah "Li-Li," Author Gin Noon Spaulding provides insight on sensory issues by sharing personal accounts of her daughter's childhood journey with sensory issues and a speech delay. Little Li-Li is full of life and... Read more
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Real
By: Carol Cujec & Peyton Goddard
Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Inspired by a true story, Real speaks to all those who’ve ever felt they didn’t belong and reminds listeners that all people are worthy of being included.My name is Charity. I am thirteen years old. Actually, thirteen years plus eighty-seven days. I love sour gummies and pepperoni pizza. That last part no one knows because I have not spoken a... Read more
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Up for Air
By: Laurie Morrison
Narrated by: Rachel L. Jacobs
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Dive into this middle-grade novel about competitive swimming, changing friendships, and finding your place.
Thirteen-year-old Annabelle struggles in school, no matter how hard she tries. But as soon as she dives into the pool, she's unstoppable. She's the fastest girl on the middle school swim team, and when she's asked to join the high school... Read more
What Doesn't Kill You
By: Tessa Miller
Narrated by: Tessa Miller
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A riveting and candid account of a young journalist's awakening to a life of chronic illness, weaving together her personal story with reporting to shed light on how Americans live with long-term diagnoses today.
Tessa Miller was an ambitious twentysomething writer in New York City when, on a random fall day, her stomach began to seize up. At... Read more
22 Things a Woman Must Know If She Loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome
By: Rudy Simone
Narrated by: Lucie McNeil
Length: 1 hour 43 minutes
Abridged: No
A look at how to overcome common difficulties and maintain a loving relationship with an AS partner.
Although having Asperger Syndrome (AS) can make romantic relations difficult, having a fulfilling relationship with an Asperger man is certainly not impossible. A woman in love with a man with AS may interpret his difficulties with communication... Read more
22 Things a Woman with Asperger's Syndrome Wants Her Partner to Know
By: Rudy Simone
Narrated by: Lucie McNeil
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
The perfect companion for anyone dating an AS woman!
Rudy Simone covers 22 common areas of confusion for someone dating a female with AS and includes advice from her own experience and from other partners in real relationships. She talks with humour and honesty about the quirks and sensitivities that you may come across when getting to know your... Read more
The Ribbon of Road Ahead
By: Carol Clupny
Narrated by: Carol Clupny
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
At forty-nine years old, Carol Clupny was an active, driven woman with a career, a family, and a zest for adventure. A mere year later, she struggles with strange symptoms of internal tremors, frozen shoulders, and a serious intestinal infection. She doesn’t understand why she can’t paddle a kayak or throw the ball for her dogs. Then comes the... Read more
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Immer im Rampenlicht
By: Bernd R. Hock
Narrated by: Bernd R. Hock
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Das Leben ist wie eine Bühne ... Außergewöhnlich ist Bernd R. Hocks Leben schon immer: Durch seine verkürzten Arme und verkrümmten Hände fällt er auf. Trotzdem strahlt er eine gehörige Portion Lebensfreude aus. Und sein Humor verschafft ihm zusätzlich Bühnen aller Art … In seiner Autobiografie erzählt er tiefgründig von seinem Leben.... Read more
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Walking Through Fire
By: Vaneetha Rendall Risner
Narrated by: Vaneetha Rendall Risner & Cristen Paige
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
The astonishing, Job-like story of how an existence filled with loss, suffering, questioning, and anger became a life filled with shocking and incomprehensible peace and joy.Vaneetha Risner contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, and lived with widespread paralysis. She lived in and out of the hospital for ten years and, after each... Read more
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Harnessing Grief
By: Maria J. Kefalas
Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The inspiring story of a mother who took unimaginable tragedy and used her grief as a force to do good by transforming the lives of others.
When Maria Kefalas’s daughter Calliope was diagnosed with a degenerative, uncurable genetic disease, the last thing Maria expected to discover in herself was a superpower. She and her husband, Pat, were head... Read more
On the Spectrum
By: Jennifer Gold
Narrated by: Shauna Haracka
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
The unexpected responsibility of caring for her autistic brother during her summer in Paris turns out to be just the adventure that Clara needed. Growing up in the shadow of a famous mother, Clara has never felt good about her body. Now, at sixteen, she has an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating. After a social media disaster, she... Read more
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The Broken Raven
By: Joseph Elliott
Narrated by: Nina Yndis, Gary Furlong & Fiona Hardingham
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In the heart-pounding second book in the Shadow Skye trilogy, unlikely heroes Agatha and Jaime must fight for their clan’s home when a new danger comes to the Isle of Skye.After their escape from Norveg, Agatha and Jaime return with their clan to the Isle of Skye to find that their enclave is now in the hands of the treacherous people of Raasay.... Read more
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Survival Kit
By: Anniken Hansen Haga
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
When the dead prowl the streets of Oslo, survivors Kit and Shadia have to get out of there. They decide to go where the dead can’t follow–their family cabin on a remote island–but they have to fight their way out of the city first.Facing the dangers of this new world, both living and dead, is hard enough, but the couple also has to deal with... Read more
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The Puzzle Solver
By: Tracie White
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A Father, His Son, and an Unrelenting Quest for a Cure
At the age of twenty-seven, Whitney Dafoe was forced to give up his life as a photographer who traveled the world. Bit by bit a mysterious illness stole away the pieces of his life: First, it took the strength of his legs, then his voice, and his ability to eat. Finally, even the sound of a... Read more