It is a book with that name that is part of the Books to talk collection of Serres Editions.
It is a guide book especially suitable for parents, teachers, caregivers and all those people who are related to children who suffer from a disability or live closely, in siblings, friends or classmates.
How do you tell a child that his brother has Down syndrome? With what words can we explain to a child what is cerebral palsy? How to get the little ones to understand that they are quarreled and not a child with autism, even if they have done the same?
What are the disabilities? What causes them? The differences between physical, intellectual and sensory disabilities, other diseases such as epilepsy, diabetes or hyperactivity.
Not only does it explain what disabilities are, but it also makes the effort to interpret the feelings, behaviors and emotions of those who suffer from them. The book manages to explain in a dramatized way, with clear and direct language without euphemisms, in an understandable way, the limits and behavior of these children with simple examples available to readers of all ages.
Its format and style similar to a children's book with illustrations, cartoons and simple texts in order that the elderly can share their reading and drawings with the children.
Its author, Àngels Ponce, is a therapist of the Catalan Federation Pro Persones with Mental Retardation and Miguel Gallardo, the illustrator has a daughter with autism.
The book has a list of associations and websites of different institutions in Spain and in the world. There is also an index of key concepts, exercises and tips so that children can reflect on disabilities and how to treat them as if it were a game.
Serres editions | 96 pages | ISBN 84-8488-203-9
