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BL
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688739
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b510928
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| Main Entry
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Grandin, Temple
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| Title & Author
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Thinking in pictures : : and other reports from my life with autism /\ Temple Grandin ; with a foreword by Oliver Sacks
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| Edition Statement
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Second Vintage Books edition
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Vintage Books,, [2006]
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, ©2006
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xviii, 270 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0307275655
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: 0307739589
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: 9780307275653
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: 9780307739582
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| Notes
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"Expanded edition including the most recent research, therapy, and resources"--Cover
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269)
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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The author describes her life with autism and how she has used her strong visual sensibility to cope with it
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Grandin, Temple
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Autistic people-- United States, Biography
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Autistic Disorder
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| Dewey Classification
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616.85/8820092B
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| LC Classification
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RC553.A88G74 2006
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