Autism Adapted Novels

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The books are effective for teaching students with autism which in turn gives them effectiveness for those with intellectual disabilities. Doesn't necessarily work the other way around. Check the books out on Integreatity website. Thats a com domain....no spam

MrMac, for your [strike]punishment[/strike] education, I'm going to lock you in a dark room with my 11 year old autistic son and have him recite Edgar Allan Poe poems, JRR Tolkien riddles, and Shakespeare until he gets bored. I might even give him some Beowulf as a backup.


I hope you're prepared for a long night.

I am still not sure what your books have to do specifically with autistic kids. Autistic children are not the only ones who like or need visuals. My son is below your targeted age range and above your targeted reading level, so what you have would not interest me, anyway.

I am more interested in fiction for good readers that either has limited but clearly explained social aspects(for learning) or next to no social component but designed for advanced vocabulary/higher level readers with lots of visuals(for fun.) Right now, I am stuck with books that are not up to his level or with a very high level of silly humor/bathroom humor. Not that that is a terrible thing, but I do wish there were more choices for him that he might like in the fiction category.

That said, I think if you are targeting that very limited demographic you will still need annotations for whatever social interactions are going on, to explain them. I would guess that would be even harder for kids with both cognitive issues and social ones. If you don't have anything to help explain the social issues then not sure what you gain by marketing only to autistic children 12 and up with second grade language skills. What about you rbooks are supposed to be for autistic kids other than just having visuals?

I still don't see what they have to do with autism. They are classics written at a lower reading level... many kids with autism read at a very high level. I was reading the original versions of these classics by early elementary school. I would imagine they would be more beneficial with kids with ID.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter what I think. Good luck.