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The Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award
The Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award was initiated in 2000 to recognize authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional and biographical children, intermediate, and young adult books that appropriately portray individuals with developmental disabilities.
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Every even year, The Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) in collaboration with Special Needs Project sponsor the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award to recognize effective, enlightened portrayals of individuals with developmental disabilities in children's books. An award is presented to an author and illustrator (if appropriate) of a children's picture book and/or a children's chapter book.
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Publishers are asked to donate 12 copies of each book to be considered for the Dolly Gray Award, sponsored by the the Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) in collaboration with Special Needs Project. Books are distributed to the Review Board be used in the selection procedure and copies are also donated to the host city of the DADD biennial convention.
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2012 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Waiting for No One
by Beverley Brenna
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Miami Beach, Florida, January, 2012.
Disability: Asperger Syndrome
Publisher: Red Deer Press
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2012 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Miami Beach, Florida, January, 2012.
Disability: Asperger Syndrome
Publisher: Penguin
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2012 Dolly Gray Award Winner
My Brother Charlie
by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete (authors) and Shane W. Evans (illustrator)
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Miami Beach, Florida, January, 2012.
Disability: Autism
Publisher: Scholastic
Available for purchase at http://www.specialneedsproject.com/books.asp?id=27220
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2012 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Just Because
by Rebecca Elliott
Presented at the CEC-DADD's annual conference in Miami Beach, Florida January, 2012.
Disability: Multiple Disabilities
Publisher: Lion Children's
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2010 Dolly Gray Award Winner
The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Maui, January, 2010.
Disability: Asperger Syndrome
Publisher: David Fickling Books
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2010 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Understanding Sam and Asperger Syndrome
by Clarabelle van Niekerk & Liezl Venter
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Maui, January, 2010.
Disability: Asperger Syndrome
Publisher: Skeezel Press (distributed by Independent Publishers Group)
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2008 Dolly Gray Award Winner
A Small White Scar
by K. A. Nuzum
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference San Diego, October, 2008.
Disability: Down Syndrome
Publisher: HarperCollins
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2006 Dolly Gray Award Winner
So B. It
by Sarah Weeks
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Kona, February, 2007.
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Publisher: HarperCollins
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2006 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Keeping up with Roo
by Sharlee Glenn
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Kona, February, 2007.
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Publisher: G. P. Putnams Sons
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2004 Dolly Gray Award Winner
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Las Vegas, October, 2004.
Disability: Autism
Publisher: Doubleday
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2002 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Me and Rupert Goody
by Barbara O'Conner
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Kauai, February, 2003.
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Publisher: Frances Foster Books
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2002 Dolly Gray Award Winner
My Brother Sammy
by Becky Edwards
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Kauai, February 2003.
Disability: Autism
Publisher: Bloomsbury
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2000 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Tru Confessions
by Janet Tashjian
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Baltimore, October, 2000.
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Publisher: Macmillan
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2000 Dolly Gray Award Winner
Ian's Walk
by Laurie Lears
Presented at the CEC-DADD's biennial conference in Baltimore, October, 2000
Disability: Autism
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
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The Board of Directors, Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) announce the opening of the position of Executive Director of the division. Dr. Tom Smith, Executive Director since 1994, will step down from the position effective December 31, 2013. The Executive Director serves as the professional representative of the board and provides support to board members. The appointment is for five years, renewable with board recommendation; there is monthly compensation.
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Download the 2010 DADD Showcase Sessions. Presenters included Robert A. Stodden, Dianne Zager, and Debra Hart speaking about "Preparing Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities for Postsecondary Education and Employment"
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