The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

· HarperCollins
4.3
44 reviews
Ebook
256
Pages
Eligible
Ratings and reviews aren’t verified  Learn More

About this ebook

Temple Grandin may be the most famous person with autism, a condition that affects 1 in 88 children. Since her birth in 1947, our understanding of it has undergone a great transformation, leading to more hope than ever before that we may finally learn the causes of and treatments for autism.

Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin introduces the advances in neuroimaging and genetic research that link brain science to behavior, even sharing her own brain scan to show which anomalies might explain common symptoms. Most excitingly, she argues that raising and educating kids on the autism spectrum must focus on their long-overlooked strengths to foster their unique contributions. The Autistic Brain brings Grandin’s singular perspective into the heart of the autism revolution.

Ratings and reviews

4.3
44 reviews
A Google user
September 10, 2014
Didn't quite meet my expectations, thought it would be more of a biography and simple explainations of autism with no medical jargan.
3 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
Holly Freeburg
July 5, 2013
This book opened my mind, I could never claim a complete understanding of autistic people because I'm not one, but now I've been blessed with a taste of what my brother feels every day & a better understanding as to why he acts the way he does. I had my brother read this as well & I feel it inspired him & brought us both a better understanding of each other.
11 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
劉小夜
January 7, 2016
This book gave a different fact that I was searching for. Nice
4 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?

About the author

TEMPLE GRANDIN is one of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism. She is a professor at Colorado State University and the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Autistic Brain, which have sold more than a million copies. Named one of Time's most influential people in 2010, the HBO movie based on her life, starring Claire Danes, received seven Emmy Awards.

RICHARD PANEK, a Guggenheim Fellow in science writing, is the author of The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality, which won the American Institute of Physics communication award in 2012, and the co-author with Temple Grandin of The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, a New York Times bestseller. He lives in New York City.

Rate this ebook

Tell us what you think.

Reading information

Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.