Jennifer Elder

American writer

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

^ 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
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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.