The Essential Social Stories 10.3 Series” with Carol Gray

Carol Gray began her career as a teacher for four children with autism at Jenison Public Schools, in Jenison, Michigan. Currently, she works as a consultant to children, adolescents, and adults with a diagnosis on the autism spectrum, providing support via workshops and presentations, information, referral, resources, and direct services for individuals with autism, their families, and professionals who work on their behalf. Carol is best known for the development of Social Stories, a well-respected evidence-based practice used worldwide with
people with autism of all ages. She is an internationally sought-after keynote and seminar speaker and has completed over 1,200 presentations. Carol serves on many advisory boards, including the Advisory Board on Disabilities for Delta Air Lines.

Carol is also the founder of a very effective social philosophy that 1) ‘abandons all assumptions’, 2) regards both the typical and autism perspective as ‘equally valid’, and 3) recognizes the ‘social impairment in autism’ as shared (noting the well-intentioned but nonetheless misguided mistakes of parents and professionals). She has completed ground-breaking work on some of the toughest topics in autism by reviewing the research, outlining new theories, and developing practical instructional strategies, most notably Gray’s Guide to Bullying (2004) and Gray’s Guide to Loss, Learning, and Students with ASD (2003).

Carol has received many awards for her work, including Social Thinking’s Lifetime Achievement Award (San Francisco, 2015); Learning Spring School’s Spectrum Award for her global efforts in education and improving the lives of people with autism (New York City, 2012), the Autism Society of America Education Book of the Year, The New Social Story Book: Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition (2009), and the Barbara Lipinski Award (Lansing, Michigan, 2005) for her international contribution to the education and welfare of people with autism.

PUBLICATIONS

Carol has written several articles and chapters in addition to the resources that are listed below. Many of them are available online as a free download in The Morning News/Jenison Autism Journal and Carol’s Club sections of Carol’s website, https://carolgraysocialstories.com/carols-club/

Gray, C. (2017 - present). Carol’s Club. A subscription-based series of Social Story related projects requested by club members. https://carolgraysocialstories.com/carols-club/

Gray, C. (2015). The new Social Story™ book: 15th anniversary edition. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons.

Gray, C. (2012). The last bedtime story that we read each night. Arlington, TX: Sensory World / Future Horizons.

Gray, C. 2010). The new Social Story™ book: Revised and expanded 10th anniversary edition. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons.

Gray, C. (2004). Social Stories™ 10.0. Jenison Autism Journal: 15, (4), 2-21.

Gray, C. (2002). Watch, listen, move closer, ease in. Jenison Autism Journal: 14, (3), 10-page rip-out insert.

Gray, C. (2000a). Writing Social Stories with Carol Gray [Video and accompanying workbook]. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons.

Gray, C. (1999). Gray’s guide to compliments. The Morning News: 11, (1), 20-page rip-out insert.

Gray, C. (1998a). Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations (pp.167-198). In Schopler, E., Mesibov, G., and Kunce, L. (Eds.), Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism? New York: Plenum Press.

Gray, C. (1998b). The Advanced Social Story workbook. The Morning News: 10, (2), 24-page rip-out insert.

Gray, C. (1995). Teaching children with autism to “read” social situations. In Quill, K.A. (Ed.), Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization. New York: Delmar Publishers, Inc.

Gray, C. (1994). Comic strip conversations. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons.

Gray, C. & Garand, J. (1993). Social Stories: Improving responses of individuals with autism with accurate social information. Focus on Autistic Behavior, 8, 1-10.

Gray, C. & White, A. L. (2000). My Social Stories book. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.