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Answers About Asperger's: We Need a Resource Library!

My students need a mini library of Asperger's resources so they can learn about themselves and become their own strongest advocates!

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Ms. Wolf Oakland Technical High School (Lower Campus)
Oakland, CA Grades 9-12

My Students

High school is really hard, there's no way around it. But for students with Asperger's syndrome, navigating the complex social structure involved in being a teenager can seem nearly impossible.

My students are in a full inclusion program at a large comprehensive urban high school.

They attend all general education classes with extra social and behavioral support. Being at such a huge high school is difficult for my students, who are often overwhelmed by the degree of interaction they are forced to have each day. This experience is necessary and beneficial for adulthood, but it points clearly at the challenges involved in coming of age with an Aspergian mind.

My Project

As individuals with Asperger's syndrome, my students have a huge capacity for learning and absorbing information. They enjoy learning and are extremely eager to learn about the one subject closest to home: themselves. For our resource library, I have chosen a variety of books about Asperger's. I have included books for teachers and about curriculum so that I may be as prepared as possible. I have included memoirs by and stories about people with Asperger's syndrome so that my students can know that they are not alone, that they are normal. Lastly, I have included books written by other teenagers with Asperger's, 'survival guides' as it were. I believe that the best allies and tools are those who have been there, those who have felt the pain and also the hope.

Our Asperger's resource library will give my students the chance to learn about themselves on their own and in their own way, not through a doctor or other unknown professional.

This knowledge will in turn give my students the strength to live up to their full potentials and to act as their own biggest advocates.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

5 students impacted 5 donors
Ms. Wolf Oakland Technical High School (Lower Campus) Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Oakland, CA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

5 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User's Guide to Adolescence Luke Jackson, Foreword by Tony Attwood • Barnes and Noble $15.87 1 $15.87
Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome Tony Attwood • Barnes and Noble $17.06 1 $17.06
Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide for Teachers Val Cumine, Julia Dunlop, Gill Stevenson • Barnes and Noble $32.44 1 $32.44
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's John Elder Robison • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Pretending to Be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome Liane Holliday Willey, Foreword by Tony Attwood • Barnes and Noble $15.87 1 $15.87
Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals Tony Attwood, Foreword by Lorna Wing • Barnes and Noble $15.87 1 $15.87
School Success for Kids with Asperger's Syndrome Stephan Silverman, Rich Weinfeld • Barnes and Noble $14.48 1 $14.48
Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome John Harpur, Michael Fitzgerald, Maria Lawlor • Barnes and Noble $15.01 1 $15.01
Can I Tell You about Asperger Syndrome? Jude Welton • Barnes and Noble $4.97 1 $4.97
Asperger's and Self-Esteem: Insight and Hope Through Famous Role Models Norm Ledgin, Foreword by Temple Grandin • Barnes and Noble $17.06 1 $17.06
The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peers Carol Gray Bvm • Barnes and Noble $23.90 1 $23.90
Take Control of Asperger's Syndrome: The Official Strategy Guide for Teens With Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorders Janet Price, Jennifer Engel Fisher • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76

Materials cost

$196.51

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$252.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.72

Total project goal

$290.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $290.16

4 Donors

-$290.16

Donations toward project cost

-$252.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.72

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