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| Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism | 
| Author: Temple Grandin
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 4137
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 270
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0307275655
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.858820092
EAN: 9780307275653
ASIN: 0307275655
Publication Date: January 10, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent Autism Book October 19, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book for understanding autism as it comes directly from someone who is autistic. It was incredibly helpful to us in understanding how some autistic people think in pictures.
 Temple Grandin is an inspiration June 7, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Temple Grandin's "Thinking in Pictures", is a must read for anyone who is affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her book is well written and provides a lot of insight into what life is like for a young adult on the spectrum. This has been especially helpful for my husband and I as our first Aspie (we have four) is heading off to college and the "real" world. Definitely worth the money.
Amazing May 21, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Read this and Autism is more understandable (though still a mystery for those who do not have Autism) It also helps one to know better how to work with and interact with anyone having Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Aside from learning more about Autism, you will enjoy the writing and the stories used by the author.
More Conceptual than She Thinks March 28, 2007
11 out of 27 found this review helpful
This book provides fascinating, intelligent, entertaining insights into the autistic mind.
Grandin is actually very conceptual, as the ability to use language requires, but appropriate concepts and contexts are difficult for her to define, seemingly due to a sensory system that leads to focusing on details rather than a broader scope. She and psychologists in general simply think she is largely non-conceptual due to their inadequate understanding of concepts, language, etc.
Actually, we all think in pictures; however, most of us use generalized, essentialized pictures most of the time for efficiency.
A grasp of how concepts are formed and organized, and how they are the essence of language, will help greatly. Best and easy to read for effective general psychology is "The Psychology of Self-Esteem," by Branden. Self-esteem is acquired from experience, not by choosing it. Emotions result from thoughts, not vice versa. The best and easy to read for the nature of concepts and language is "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology," by Rand, and then for a comparison with other theories and how they go wrong "Evidence of the Senses," by Kelly.
must read March 8, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
gives insight and hope for parents of kids with autism. also realization of what kids with aspergers can accomplish. this woman has a phd!!!
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