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ShareTemple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States.
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She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us.
In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism.
Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world.
What emerges in Thinking in Pictures is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who, in gracefully and lucidly bridging the gulf between her condition and our own, sheds light on the riddle of our common identity..
For more information about the title Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism, read the full description at Amazon.com, or see the following related books:
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Engaging Autism: Helping Children Relate, Communicate and Think with the DIR Floortime Approach — The long-awaited landmark guide to autism and ASD by the authors of the timeless classic The Child with Special Needs The inspiring success of Dr. ... > read more
All Creatures Great and Small — Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants-- four-legged and otherwise-- with the world's ... > read more
The Human Condition (2nd Edition) — A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first ... > read moreRecommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
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