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Author Grandin, Temple.

Title Thinking in pictures : and other reports from my life with autism / Temple Grandin ; with a foreword by Oliver Sacks.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  616.8588 GRA    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B GRANDIN TEMPLE G    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.85 GRANDIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 GRANDIN, TEM    DUE 05-13-24
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.85882 G753T    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  616.8588 GRANDIN    Check Shelf
Edition Second Vintage Books edition.
Description xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Note "Expanded edition including the most recent research, therapy, and resources"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269).
Contents 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.
Summary The author describes her life with autism and how she has used her strong visual sensibility to cope with it.
Subject Grandin, Temple.
Grandin, Temple. (OCoLC)fst00171674
Autistic people -- United States -- Biography.
Autistic people. (OCoLC)fst01756661
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN 9780307275653
0307275655
9780307739582 (pbk.)
0307739589 (pbk.)
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