Thinking in pictures : and other reports from my life with autism / Temple Grandin ; with a foreword by Oliver Sacks.
By: Grandin, Temple
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TextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, c2006Edition: 2nd Vintage Books ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-269).Description: xviii, 270 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780307275653; 9780307739582 (pbk.).Subject(s): Grandin, Temple | Autistic people -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 616.85/8820092 | B Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 616.85882 G764 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003621372 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
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