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| Genre/Form: | Autobiography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Grandin, Temple. Thinking in pictures. New York : Doubleday, c1995 (OCoLC)604117578 |
| Named Person: | Temple Grandin; Temple Grandin |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Temple Grandin |
| ISBN: | 0385477929 9780385477925 |
| OCLC Number: | 32276404 |
| Description: | 222 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Oliver Sacks -- Ch. 1. Thinking in Pictures : Autism and Visual Thought -- Ch. 2. The Great Continuum : Diagnosing Autism -- Ch. 3. The Squeeze Machine : Sensory Problems in Autism -- Ch. 4. Learning Empathy : Emotion and Autism -- Ch. 5. The Ways of the World : Developing Autistic Talent -- Ch. 6. Believer in Biochemistry : Medications and New Treatments -- Ch. 7. Dating Data : Autism and Relationships -- Ch. 8. A Cow's Eye View : Connecting with Animals -- Ch. 9. Artists and Accountants : An Understanding of Animal Thought -- Ch. 10. Einstein's Second Cousin : The Link Between Autism and Genius -- Ch. 11. Stairway to Heaven : Religion and Belief. |
| Responsibility: | Temple Grandin. |
Abstract:
Here, in Temple Grandin's own words, is the story of what it is like to live with autism, to be among the few people who have broken through many of the neurological impairments associated with autism. Throughout her life, she has developed unique coping strategies, including her famous "squeeze machine," which she modeled after seeing the calming effect of squeeze chutes on cattle. She describes her painful isolation growing up "different" and her discovery of visual symbols to interpret the "ways of the natives." Thinking in Pictures also gives information from the front lines of autism, including treatment, medication, and diagnosis, as well as Temple's insights into genius, savants, sensory phenomena, and animal behavior. Ultimately, it is Temple's unique ability to describe the way her visual mind works and how she first made the connection between her impairment and animal temperament that is the basis of her extraordinary gift and phenomenal success.
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