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Thinking in pictures

by Grandin, Temple.
Edition statement:2nd Vintage books ed. Published by : Vintage Books, (New York :) Physical details: xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm ISBN:9780307275653; 0307739589.
Subject(s): Grandin, Temple. | Autistic people -- United States -- Biography. | Autistic Disorder. | Biography & Autobiography -- People with Disabilities. | Biography & Autobiography -- Personal Memoirs. | Psychology -- Psychopathology -- Autism Spectrum Disorders. | Biography. | Personal Narrative. | Autobiography.
Year: 2006
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600 - 699 616.858820092 Gra (Browse shelf) Available 108399

"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.

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