Advocate and Autism Awareness Advocate Holds Book Signing and Reading

Published Author and Autism
Awareness Advocate Jacqueline Williams-Hines will be holding a  book reading and book signing of the No Small
Victories Book Series. The books encourage autism awareness for children on the
autism spectrum, their siblings and peers. Jacqueline
Williams-Hines is a local Author who writes children’s books about Autism.
As the mother of a child living with autism, Jacqueline was motivated to self
publish her first book in 2006.  “Joshua and The Startabulous Dream Maker”
gave a brief general overview of what autism is. She went on to publish the
second book in her then aptly named No Small Victories book series.  “The
Adventures of Suther Joshua from Planet Yethican”, released in early 2008,
dealt with the preoccupation that children with autism often experience with
certain objects or ideas, and how Joshua turned what is often looked at as a
negative into a positive.  The third book entitled, “Joshua That’s Sooo
Slimming!” deals with a phenomenon known as stimming, or auto-stimulation,
which is often characterized by repetitive movements or sounds such as rocking
back and forth, throat clearing or repetition of a certain word or phrase. Most
recently, the fourth book in the series “Joshua, I’m Over Here” was released
and looks at Autism from the perspective of a sibling.