$39.32
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2006
Summary
The 25th anniversary edition of this seminal work on autism and neurodiversity provides “a uniquely fascinating view” of the differences in our brains, and features updated research and insights. With a foreword by Oliver Sacks.
Originally published in 1995 as an unprecedented look at autism, Grandin writes from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person to give a report from “the country of autism.” Introducing a groundbreaking model which analyzes people based on th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307275653 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0307275655 |
| Author: | Temple Grandin |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
“A uniquely fascinating view not just of autism but of animal—and human—thinking and feeling, [providing] insights that can only be called wisdom.” –Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don’t Understand
“There are innumerable astounding facets to this remarkable book… . Displaying uncanny powers of observation . . . [Temple Grandin] charts the differences between her life and the lives of those who think in words.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer
“I hardly know what to say about this remarkable book… It provides a way to understand the many kinds of sentience, human and animal, that adorn the earth.” –Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs
About The Author
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is one of the world’s most accomplished and well known adults with autism. She is a distinguished professor of animal science at Colorado State University and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Autistic Brain and Visual Thinking. Dr. Grandin has been a pioneer in improving the welfare of farm animals, as well as an outspoken advocate for the autism community.
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