One of the books I picked for a thankful theme was Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry Prizant. I chose this because I work in the higher needs Special Education room at work and we have several children on the autism spectrum in our room.
As with all non-fiction books, but felt bored at times. This one was really important to me, so it did keep me interested the entire time. There were lots of interesting stories in it and things that reminded me of the students in our room, one boy in particular.
My favorite chapter in the book was called "What it takes to Get it". "Get it" refers to the way people interact with autistic people. It said that some of the best "Get it" people are the 1 on 1's and other in the children's lives, who truly understand how to connect with them. Prizant made it clear that having special licenses and training, does not always make you better qualified to work with these children. This just really hit home as I feel we sometimes have specialists coming in the room who just upset the children even more. I guess it just made me truly thankful to the teacher and other associates in our room who truly "get it" and make the lives of our students more enjoyable.
Overall, I found the book interesting. I don't know if there were any new points brought up that we haven't tried, but it was comforting to know that there are other stories out there of people similar to our students who ended up leading very successful lives.
Up Next: Girl Underwater by Claire Kells
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