Someone You Might Know

A Book to Help Us Understand Children and Grown-ups Who Are Dealing with Autism, Asperger's, ADD, ADHD, PDD, etc.

By: Claudia Retif Barrett

Narrated by: Rebecca Maria

A friend, family member, or someone you might know in school, your neighborhood, church, or synagogue has been diagnosed with Asperger's, Autism, ADD, ADHD, or PDD.

• What does this mean to you?
• What's your role in this?
• What can you do to help?

In this short and easy to listen to book, you will learn what people who struggle with these conditions go through every day. It will help you understand them better and know how to relate to them. Share it with others and help our world become more accepting and friendlier to someone you might know.

©2016 Claudia Retif Barrett (P)2017 Claudia Retif Barrett

Illuminating and Heart-tugging!

"Someone You Might Know" is an eye-opening and heart-tugging glimpse inside the mind of someone dealing with autism, Asperger's, ADD, ADHD, PDD, etc.

Cute story

Any additional comments?

This is a cute story describing a fictitious girl with some sort of autism spectrum disorder. It's a brief rundown of the important parts of understanding people, especially peers, with such disorders: what feels off about them, how that others treat them, how this treatment makes them feel, and how they should be understood and treated. This understanding lays the foundation upon which the important conclusion is built: the need for empathy and inclusion.

The narration is nice and bright. The chipper tone keeps this topic appropriately positive instead of grim. She needs to work on pronunciation in places though -- Preface and Amadeus were mispronounced which is distracting.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Loved it👌

A great way to make understanding easy for young children.
I requested this book in exchange for my honest review to share with my 6 year old granddaughter Bella.
My neighbor has a daughter around the same age with Asperger's.
The two girls hit it off instantly and now they are inseparable.
Bella does get confused about her friend's behavior sometimes.
This book is right on her level.
With a better understanding of what her friend is going through, Bella's happy ☺
I highly recommend this book for teachers K - 2nd grade because of the short length its perfect to share in class.

Good Story

What was one of the most memorable moments of Someone You Might Know?

I can't pick a memorable moment just a good overall story

Did Rebecca Maria do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Just one character but her pronunciations one some stuff was not correct and it was something that stuck with me throughout the story. Example (preface was pronounced Pre Face)

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Nothing moving just a nice story to remind everyone how nice everyone should treat each other no matter how different they are. Also just because someone doesn't appear to be affected you never know what they do when they are by themselves.

Any additional comments?

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Short encouragement to have understanding and be kind.

Charming little illustration that might encourage a young person to be more understanding and patient with his or her peers who exhibit behaviors that may class them on the spectrum somewhere. You wouldn't even necessarily have to believe that all that is called autism today is actually a real diagnosis of anything for this book to engender understanding and kindness to those different from you.

I enjoyed the narrator and the descriptions. A fun little audiobooks that I wish I would have been willing to heed when I was a youth.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.