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Grandin, Temple

Thinking in pictures : and other reports from my life with autism / Temple Grandin ; with a foreword by Oliver Sacks - Second Vintage Books edition - xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

"Expanded edition including the most recent research, therapy, and resources"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269)

Thinking in pictures : autism and visual thought -- The great continuum : diagnosing autism -- The squeeze machine : sensory problems in autism -- Learning empathy : emotion and autism -- The ways of the world : developing autistic talent -- Believer in biochemistry : medications and new treatments -- Dating data : autism and relationships -- A cow's eye view : connecting with animals -- Artists and accountants : an understanding of animal thought -- Einstein's second cousin : the link between autism and genius -- Stairway to heaven : religion and belief

The author describes her life with autism and how she has used her strong visual sensibility to cope with it

ISBN: 9780307275653 0307275655 9780307739582 0307739589

LCCN: 2006273450

Subjects--Personal Names:
Grandin, Temple

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Autistic people--United States--Biography
Autistic Disorder

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
Personal Narratives

LC Class. No.: RC553.A88 / G74 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 616.85/8820092 B