What's Up with Ben?

📖 The Scoop

Autism is a lifelong disorder that affects at least 1 in 1000 people. Even after diagnosis, siblings of autistic children can often find it confusing and difficult to understand their brothers' or sisters' behaviour.
With this and other diseases and conditions in mind, Dr. Kim Chilman-Blair and Dr. Kate Hersov teamed up with a former Marvel graphic novel artist to create a series of comic books. Each comic is written by doctors and peer-reviewed by leading specialists in each respective therapy area. Medikidz is a resource designed to educate not only young patients, peers and their parents, but also to aid practitioners and educators in explaining health conditions as effectively as possible.
The books follow a team of five larger than life superheroes. The Medikidz each specialise in explaining a different part of the body. What's up with Ben? is an engaging way to educate children about autism.
SYNOPSISBen seems to prefer playing games alone rather than with other children. Concerned by his behaviour his sister, Brooke, becomes upset. Fortunately, the Medikidz arrive on the scene to whisk them back to Mediland, a planet shaped like the human body, to explain what's really going on. Join Ben and Brooke as they are taken on an exciting journey of the brain. Will Brooke leave Mediland with a better understanding of Ben's condition?

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries (fancy, right?)