Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Foreword by Oliver Sacks

1. Thinking in Pictures: Autism and Visual Thought

2. The Great Continuum: Diagnosing Autism

3. The Squeeze Machine: Sensory Problems in Autism

4. Learning Empathy: Emotion and Autism

5. The Ways of the World: Developing Autistic Talent

6. Believer in Biochemistry: Medications and New Treatments

7. Dating Data: Autism and Relationships

8. A Cow's Eye View: Connecting with Animals

9. Artists and Accountants: An Understanding of Animal Thought

10. Einstein's Second Cousin: The Link Between Autism and Genius

11. Stairway to Heaven: Religion and Belief

About the Author

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. You can visit Temple Grandin online at TempleGrandin.com or follow her on Twitter @DrTempleGrandin and on Facebook @DrTempleGrandin.

Reviews

“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

"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

A high-functioning autistic, Grandin presents linked articles on her life and her work as an animal scientist. (Nov.)