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Grandin, Temple.

Thinking in Pictures : and Other Reports from My Life with Autism. - 2nd Vintage books ed. - 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

Standard No.: 99974678002 9780307275653

Source: Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975

LCCN: 2006273450

Subjects--Personal Names:
Grandin, Temple.
Grandin, Temple.
Grandin, Temple.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Autistic people--United States--Biography.
Autistic Disorder
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--People with Disabilities.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs.
PSYCHOLOGY--Psychopathology--Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Autistic people.
Autism--Patients--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Subjects--Facted Index Terms:
Medical Humanities.
Mental Health York.
Health York.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
Personal Narrative
Autobiography
Autobiography.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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

Dewey Class. No.: 616.85/8820092 B

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WS350.8.A8 G736t 2006