Rebekah Nicole, Author

The Ragers Series: A Whisper in the Flame 

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🌟🌟SYNOPSIS ALERT🌟🌟 The way we live now, this world that. only feels half-real; It's like we're all stuck in some kind of nightmarish dream. No matter how desperately we may  want to, we can't shake ourselves awake.        Get up, Emma. Pinch yourself. Slap yourself. Fall off the bed. Do something               - and this will all be over.   Ever since the Iron Giant was built around 18-year-old Emma's coastal town, she knew things would never be the same. She never expected that it meant her brother and father would be called off to the army to help protect them against the infected.   Proprevilation ruined everything.   If it wasn't for the, self-named, miracle drug, her family would still be together. Everything would be fine. She would graduate high school in the next couple of months and head off to university. Instead, she's stuck at home and forced to work in the local lab.   When an earth-shattering letter arrives, a whirlwind string of events put Emma's life on a new trajectory. Conspiracies are unearthed and truths are learned, causing her to take up for a cause she never dreamed would be thrust upon her.   But will Emma let defeat burn her, or will she listen to the whispers of hope? Will she have the strength to find the only family she has left and the courage to do something right in a time full of so much wrong?

RELEASE DATE: JULY 8TH, 2021

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Kids and Adult Learning Books About Autism

April was Autism Acceptance and Awareness Month. It's important to remember that this month, like many other important awareness months shouldn't only take place during it's designated time fame. For many parents, including myself, this is something we live with daily. We love our children and would do anything to help them succeed. That includes helping others to see that Autism presents itself in many different ways. Not all children who are nonverbal will stay nonverbal their whole life.  In fact some studies suggest that nearly half will go on to speak in phrases or fluently over time. Children with autism are not having tantrums because the parent cannot control them. Typically "tantrums" are caused by sensory overload or changes in routines. These can throw children out of sync to the point where they cannot process their emotions properly. Not every child with autism is antisocial. Some just do not interpret other's emotions as well and cannot properly communicate their own.  Some play better with children younger than them or adults. Other's may seem overly touchy-feely to kids their age because they crave sensory input in a very tactile, hands on way. As the adage goes, "If you've met one child with autism, you've met one child with autism." Here are two of my favorite books so far in regards to ASD- one directed towards children and one for adults: The Boy with Big Big Feelings by Britney Winn Lee and beautifully illustrated by Jacob Souva. This story depicts some of th big emotions children diagnosed with autism or as a Highly Sensitive Person may feel. Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant PhD. This book beautifully describes the heart of children with autism and asks the question "Why?" behind the behavior.  It reminds us that we don't need to change the "autistic" behavior, but change how we react to the behavior and the person behind it..

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