Jennifer Elder

Jennifer Elder (born 1968, San Francisco)^{[ citation needed ]} is an American author and assistant editor for the Collins Library of McSweeney's publishing house.

Early life and education

She graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1990. ^[1]

Career

As the mother of an autistic son, she has written two books for autistic children: Different Like Me and Autistic Planet. ^[2] Aukids Magazine called Autistic Planet a "delightful children's storybook" and 'Good Autism Practice' found it "engaging and entertaining". ^{[3] [4]} However, a review of Different Like Me in Community Care magazine criticised its "sentimental depiction of autism". ^[5] She is married to author Paul Collins, and together they have has appeared on the American Public Media program On Being . ^[6]

Parenting magazine noted about her book Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes, "Autistic kids 8 and older will enjoy discovering that people like Albert Einstein and Lewis Carroll were also autistic! Each person is given a short bio that includes some of the difficulties they faced. It can provide a self-esteem boost for ASD children."^{[ citation needed ]}

Selected works

• Different Like Me, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005, ISBN   978-1-84310-815-3 ^[7]
• Autistic Planet, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007, ISBN   978-1-84310-842-9 ^[8]

References

1. Jennifer Elder, BFA 1990 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine San Francisco Art Institute. Retrieved on 03 February 2009
2. Elder, Jennifer; Thomas, Marc (2020). Autistic Planet. ISBN   9781843108429 . Retrieved 12 January 2023.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
3. Houghton, Tori (2009). "'Autistic Planet' by Jennifer Elder". Aukids (3): 10.
4. McGuirk, Tracey (31 October 2008). "Autistic Planet by Jennifer Elder; illustrated by Marc Thomas and Jennifer Elder". Good Autism Practice. 9 (2): 72.
5. Fitzpatrick, Michael (31 March 2006). "Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes". Community Care.
6. Autism and Humanity Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine , On Being , July 14, 2011
7. Review for Different Like Me
   • McClimens, Alex (2007). "Different Like Me: My book of autism heroes Jennifer Elder Different Like Me: My book of autism heroes First Jessica Kingsley56£11.9918431081511843108151" . Learning Disability Practice. 10 (6): 24–25. doi:10.7748/ldp.10.6.24.s23. ISSN   1465-8712.
   • McClimens, Alex. (July 2007). "Different Like Me: My book of autism heroes". Learning Disability Practice (Through 2013); London. 10 (6): 24–25.
   • Coulter, Helen (2007). "Book Reviews". Child Care in Practice. 13 (1): 75–77. doi:10.1080/13575270601103572. S2CID   218577570.
8. Review for Autistic PlanetMcClimens, Alex (October 2007). "Autistic Planet". Learning Disability Practice (Through 2013); London. 10 (8): 24.

External links

• Jessica Kingsley Publishers bio

• Children's literature portal