This week Tayla is joined by Maria Cotto, Babs Wells, and Lisa Lesinski, three RI librarians who are part of the Sensory Friendly Inclusive Group. They talk all about how the Sensory Friendly Inclusive group supports and inspires library workers to offer sensory friendly programming at their libraries. They also discuss audiobooks, youth graphic novels, and family recipes. During The Last Chapter they discuss: What are your favorite titles that celebrate the neurodiverse community? 

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Books

Finding Me by Viola Davis

Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Finally Seen by Kelly Lang

The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey

Eat to Beat Your Diet by William Li

The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey

For Small Creatures Such as We by Sasha Sagan

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Conner

The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon

The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida

The Girl Who Thought In Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca

AV

White Lotus (2021-2023)

Dead To Me (2019-2022)

Fast X (2023)

Jeopardy (1984- )

George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (2012- )

At the Chef’s Table (2003-2004)

Up Here (2023- )

Other

Sensory Friendly Inclusive Group

The Autism Project

Temple Grandin