Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism
by: Temple Grandin
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Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us.
In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. What emerges in Thinking in Pictures is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who, in gracefully and lucidly bridging the gulf between her condition and our own, sheds light on the riddle of our common identity.
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us.
In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. What emerges in Thinking in Pictures is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who, in gracefully and lucidly bridging the gulf between her condition and our own, sheds light on the riddle of our common identity.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - great book
Understanding your child's challenges and special gifts can help your child be the best they can be
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Rating: - Understanding Autism
As a college professor with a Ph.D., I think in words and have had trouble connecting and communicating with my autistic daughter.This book has allowed me to cross over into my daughters world and better understand how she thinks in pictures.It has helped to redefine our communication and changed my life and our relationship.
Rating: - Amazing person, engrossing book
Temple Grandin is an incredible person, overcoming such adversity to lead such a full life. She has really made the most of her life, more of a most than many people could dream was possible.
The book is really two books, the first an autobiography and the second a book of the latest research on autism, including diagnosis, medications, and therapy. It covers all disorders on the autism spectrum.
This is truly a must-read book for anyone with even the slightest interest ... Read More
Rating: - Thinking in Pictures
Thank you so much.The book came in a timely manner and was as I expected.
Rating: - A new perspective
Temple Grandin's "Thinking in Pictures" provides a whole new way of understanding thinking and the mind, human or otherwise.Grandin, a professor at Colorado State University who is also autistic, thinks about the world in pictures, rather than in words as many "normal" people do.This unusual perspective, in addition to other experiences of her life with autism, allows her to see things that other people fail to understand or even notice - from the basis of animal behavior to the reason people ... Read More
- great bookUnderstanding your child's challenges and special gifts can help your child be the best they can be
A Moment of Peace: Relaxation for Parents AudiobookA Moment of Peace: Relaxation for Children
- Understanding AutismAs a college professor with a Ph.D., I think in words and have had trouble connecting and communicating with my autistic daughter.This book has allowed me to cross over into my daughters world and better understand how she thinks in pictures.It has helped to redefine our communication and changed my life and our relationship.
- Amazing person, engrossing bookTemple Grandin is an incredible person, overcoming such adversity to lead such a full life. She has really made the most of her life, more of a most than many people could dream was possible.
The book is really two books, the first an autobiography and the second a book of the latest research on autism, including diagnosis, medications, and therapy. It covers all disorders on the autism spectrum.
This is truly a must-read book for anyone with even the slightest interest ... Read More
- Thinking in PicturesThank you so much.The book came in a timely manner and was as I expected.
- A new perspectiveTemple Grandin's "Thinking in Pictures" provides a whole new way of understanding thinking and the mind, human or otherwise.Grandin, a professor at Colorado State University who is also autistic, thinks about the world in pictures, rather than in words as many "normal" people do.This unusual perspective, in addition to other experiences of her life with autism, allows her to see things that other people fail to understand or even notice - from the basis of animal behavior to the reason people ... Read More
