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Essay My Special Needs Child, and Our Israel Story Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh is writing here as part of Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series.No one could have known it from my confident smile, but I almost turned… Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh April 20, 2018
Essay Ten Commandments of Special Needs Parenting Following her posts on recognizing the sensory overload of celebrating Purim and setting a place for special needs at the seder table, this week Liane… Liane Kupferberg Carter June 9, 2016
Essay Let My People In: Bringing Children and Adults with Disabilities to the Seder Table Liane Kupferberg Carter is the author of Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism. This week she continues her exclusive series on… Liane Kupferberg Carter April 18, 2016
Nonfiction Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism Liane Kupferberg Carter
Essay What Does Purim Mean to My Autistic Son? Liane Kupferberg Carter is the author of Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism. This week she begins an exclusive series on celebrating the… Liane Kupferberg Carter March 21, 2016
Essay Of Autistic and Crazy Judy Brown wrote the controversial novel Hush—a finalist for the 2011 Sydney Taylor Award for outstanding book on the Jewish experience — under a pseudonym… Judy Brown July 27, 2015
Nonfiction Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children Amy S.F. Lutz
Nonfiction Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordinary Son Tom Fields-Meyer
Essay The Jewish Message Earlier this week, Tom Fields-Meyer wrote about reading and thinking about books and took a look at autism and God. He has been blogging… Tom Fields-Meyer November 11, 2011
