Reviews
: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - July 6, 2012
"[Kliewer] outlines his recommendations for fostering the literate development of young children with severe disabilities in inclusive settings. Several practical activities are summarized in a table and will be particularly useful to early childhood educators."
: California Bookwatch - March 27, 2009
"Provides a fine inspirational guide to literacy which uses imaginative teaching methods to help students with disabilities acquire literacy skills...it's an outstanding guide."
David Koppenhaver, Professor, Language, Reading, and Exceptionalities, Reich College of Education, Appalachian State University - February 8, 2008
"It's hard to imagine what exciting classrooms might be if we all assumed, like the inclusive educators in these pages, that our students' only real limitations were our own imagining of their possibilities."
Douglas Biklen, Dean, School of Education, Syracuse University; author, "Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone" - February 8, 2008
"Sparkles with optimism, challenging us to discover the passion of children with disabilities to recognize the literate world and be recognized."
Paula Kluth, Independent Consultant and Scholar; author, "You're Going to Love This Kid!": Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom, Second Edition and "A Land We Can Share": Teaching Literacy to Students with Autism - January 29, 2008
"Challenges us to understand ability and literacy itself in new ways . . . a compelling and important read for anyone who is interested in literacy, teaches children, or wants to inspire change in education."