Kate Lambert is a drama teacher working with young people, many of whom have special needs. Her daughter Lille was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of five. Here, she talks about some of the misconceptions about epilepsy and how her new book, Can I tell you about Epilepsy?, will help parents, teachers and others…

JKP author Jennifer Cook O’Toole accepted her Distinguished Spectrumite Award at the GRASP Benefit in New York City on May 15. Here’s a clip of Jennifer’s humorous and inspiring impromptu speech from the event. We hope you will enjoy it as much as the audience did!

By Ann Palmer, author of A Friend’s and Relative’s Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism. This list of top tips* is primarily for the extended family members and friends who want to understand and help the family living with ASD. However, it is also for parents of children with ASD. Each tip includes suggestions for parents…

In this series of videos, Josh Muggleton gives his Top Tips on various subjects for people on the Autism Spectrum. This month, he offers some advice from his own personal experience about how to adjust to life at university. Joshua Muggleton has Asperger Syndrome, and is currently studying Psychology at the University of St Andrews…

Joyce Show is a Harvard/MIT trained physician and mother of seven children, including a son with severe autism. Here, she explains some of the different teaching strategies discussed in her new book, Teaching Your Child with Love and Skill, and why it is so important to tailor an intervention to the individual child. How has your…

Thanks to JKP author Gail Watts who sent in these fabulous photos from the Australian book launch of Kevin Thinks this week! From Gail: “The group of women you see are mostly ASD mums, the ladies responsible for nagging me to submit the book in the first place. There is a picture of my parents…

… in an article in the Modesto Bee (Modesto, California), today. Here’s a quote from the article: “It’s hard to find a woman who has a really good sense of herself and her body and the many parts of herself,” said Hunter. “The culture wants us to believe most of our definition comes from how…

Even the best-intentioned friends and relatives can sometimes get it wrong when communicating and interacting with individuals on the autism spectrum and their parents or siblings. In this interview for her new book, A Friend’s and Relative’s Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism, Ann Palmer explains some of the most common errors made by friends…

By Jennifer Cook O’Toole, author of the book, AsperKids: An Insider’s Guide to Loving, Understanding and Teaching Children with Asperger Syndrome. Visit Jennifer’s website at: asperkids.com You’ve probably heard the saying, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” That always seemed a bit flippant to me. Like someone at Hallmark needed a cute little “chin…

By Vanessa Rogers, youth worker and author of the new set of books for those helping young people make informed decisions about alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Being a young person can be difficult. Fact. There are so many choices to make, as well as lots of physical, intellectual, emotional, and social concerns to deal with, from…