Jennifer Elder (born 1968, San Francisco) 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.
Career
As the mother of an autistic son, she has written two books for autistic children: Different Like Me and Autistic Planet. Aukids Magazine called Autistic Planet a "delightful children's storybook" and 'Good Autism Practice' found it "engaging and entertaining". However, a review of Different Like Me in Community Care magazine criticised its "sentimental depiction of autism". She is married to author Paul Collins, and together they have has appeared on the American Public Media program On Being.
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."
Selected works
- Different Like Me, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84310-815-3
- Autistic Planet, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84310-842-9
References
- Jennifer Elder, BFA 1990 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine San Francisco Art Institute. Retrieved on 03 February 2009
- Elder, Jennifer; Thomas, Marc (3 October 2020). Autistic Planet. ISBN 9781843108429. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - Houghton, Tori (2009). "'Autistic Planet' by Jennifer Elder". Aukids (3): 10.
- McGuirk, Tracey (31 October 2008). "Autistic Planet by Jennifer Elder; illustrated by Marc Thomas and Jennifer Elder". Good Autism Practice (GAP). 9 (2): 72.
- Fitzpatrick, Michael (31 March 2006). "Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes". Community Care.
- Autism and Humanity Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, On Being, July 14, 2011
- 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 – via ProQuest.
- Coulter, Helen (2007). "Book Reviews". Child Care in Practice. 13 (1): 75–77. doi:10.1080/13575270601103572. S2CID 218577570.
- Review for Autistic PlanetMcClimens, Alex (October 2007). "Autistic Planet". Learning Disability Practice (Through 2013); London. 10 (8): 24.
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