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Flap your hands: a celebration of stimming
By Steve Asbell. 2024
DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities fiction, General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction
Human-narrated audio
"When four neurodivergent kids face some stressful moments, they use body movements called stims to self-regulate their emotions. One boy…
tickles the space next to his face; a girl flutters her fingers by her ears; another boy kicks his feet like splashy flippers; another girl directs her hands like a conductor! As the children say fun words, flap their hands, and engage in other stims, their actions build in energy and joyousness until their inner calm is restored."-- Provided by publisher
The loudest silence
By Sydney Langford. 2024
DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
School stories, General fiction, Disabilities fiction, LGBTQ+ fiction, Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio
"Told in two voices, follows the friendship between queer teens Casey, a singer who is grappling with sudden hearing loss,…
and soccer captain Hayden, whose Generalized Anxiety Disorder weighs on his every move, after they bond over their shared dream of a music career."-- Provided by publisher
Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming
By Steve Asbell. 2024
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Multi-cultural fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
This fascinating, groundbreaking picture book by an autistic creator celebrates stims--the repetitive movements that provide focused stimulation to people on…
the autistic spectrum.When you're feeling overwhelmedAnd the world's too much to bear...If your feelings bubble overBut they have no place to go... Maybe it would help to move!Want to try a stim? When four neurodivergent kids face some stressful moments, they use body movements called stims to self-regulate their emotions. One boy tickles the space next to his face; a girl flutters her fingers by her ears; another boy kicks his feet like splashy flippers; another girl directs her hands like a conductor! As the children say fun words, flap their hands, and engage in other stims, their actions build in energy and joyousness until their inner calm is restored. Delightful text and color-drenched illustrations by debut author-illustrator Steve Asbell invites other neurodivergent readers to join in on the action. Flap Your Hands is a wonderful celebration and reminder that stimming is a natural and healthy thing to do!