Stuttering

Sometimes I Just Stutter, by Eelco de Geus (www.stutteringhelp.org/sometimes-i-just-stutter)

Trouble at Recess (http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/English/book0034.pdf)

Izabella: The Story of the Princess Who Stuttered, by Beata Akerman

(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/akerman.pdf)

Everyone's Different, by Alan Badmington

(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/badmington7/badmington27.html)

The Can't Be Seen Who Couldn't Squawk, by Dale Williams

(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/williams.pdf)

Tarby Rockets to Slower Speech, by Craig Coleman and Mary Weidner

(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad12/papers/therapy12/colemanbook.pdf)

Changing the Words Around, by Alan Badmington

(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/badmington.pdf)

Jeremy and the Hippo, by Gail Wilson Lew

(http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/jeremybook/jeremy1.html)

Benni (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/ISAD3/papers/benni/benni.html) (in German)

Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand, by Artie Knapp

(http://www.mightybook.com/MightyBook_free/books/stuttering_stan/stuttering_stan.html)

James Earl Jones' reading "To Be A Drum" on StoryLine Online (http://www.storylineonline.net/)

features a wonderful introduction where the author talks about his struggles with stuttering and
a reading disorder.

Articulation

Charlie Who Couldn't Say His

Name (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/disorderbooks/charlie.pdf) a commercial book
made freely-available online by author Davene Fahy

Hearing Disorders

Oliver Gets Hearing Aids (http://www.who-sells-it.com/images/catalogs/1339/pdf_4902.pdf) by

Maureen Cassidy Riski and Nikolas Klakow, from Phonak

Oliver Gets FM (http://www.who-sells-it.com/images/catalogs/1339/pdf_4903.pdf) by Maureen

Cassidy Riski, from Phonak

Having Hearing Aids by Peter Augustine

(http://www.oticonchildren.com/children/com/ParentsAndRelatives/Resources/Recommended
Reading/For_Children/03_Oticon_Children_HavingHearingAids.pdf) from Oticon

Samantha and her Fun FM and Hearing Aid Book! - seven year old Samantha reads her
illustrated book on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc1U-YuxqEw)

A Thousand and One Children's Books in ASL (http://1001booksinasl.blogspot.com/) signed

word and ASL translations by Charles Katz of thirteen popular books, created between 20072009

Sign Me A
Story (http://weehands.com/public_forum/viewforum.php?f=23&sid=9c98ed3c485cd1d197d3e
f93e7f27e8f) has eleven popular children's books read, focusing in a specific signs such as colors,
numbers, animals, etc.

Sign Writing (http://www.signwriting.org/library/children/) has 21 familiar stories written in ASL

and a few stories in Brazilian, Nicaraguan, Norwegian, and Spanish sign language.

Aphasia

The Treasure Hunt - a YouTube "book" about a child who has a grandfather with aphasia
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq12cMUZPg4&feature=share The Treasure Hunt)

For children with severe difficulty with reading/writing or who have difficulty being understood

Adapted Books from the NYC library

(http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/District75/Departments/Literacy/AdaptedBooks/default.htm)
are created with Boardmaker, Writing with Symbols, and PowerPoint software. They have also
been converted to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Also check the "Functional
Library" (http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/District75/Departments/Literacy/functionallibrary)

Adapted Library from the Baltimore City Public Schools - Boardmaker Files
http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1446

General disability

Buddy Can by Nicole Caldwell (www.positivelyautism.com/gobuddygo/BuddyCan.pdf) is about a

dog who uses a "wheel chair." It was written by Nicole Caldwell (an autism specialist) for
preschool and early childhood to help children to understand disability. There is a suggested
Lesson plan available. (www.positivelyautism.com/gobuddygo/LessonPlan01.pdf)

The purpose of this column was to feature books and bibliographies freely-available online, but worth
mentioning are free story APPs which are beginning to appear such as those from Lorrie Ann Harrington,
originally created to teach her son, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder, new vocabulary, language-based
concepts, and social communication skills.
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Mr. Turkey, where are you? (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mr.-turkey-where-areyou/id479087329?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4)

Halloween eBook - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/halloweenebook/id470673667?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4