Developing Talents: In this updated and expanded edition, the authors take an in-depth look at a growing area of the U.S. economy: entrepreneurship. Using real-life examples, they point out that many of the unique characteristics of individuals on the autism spectrum lend themselves well to entrepreneurial ventures. The book also explores many often unnoticed aspects of Vocatinoal Rehabilitation programs that provide job training and placement for people with disabilities as well as Social Security Administration programs that offer vocational assistance. Finally, employment figures and prospects have been updated and new jobs have been added that are particularly well suited for those on the spectrum, resulting in the most current look at the employment prospects for individuals with Asperger Syndrome and high-functioning autism.

In this extension of his Animal Welfare and Meat Science (1998), Gregory (Royal Veterinary College, UK) takes into account moral concerns about meat production--without taking a stand on the practices he describes. He presents statistics and debates over evolving livestock and meat production practices globally, food safety, and "green movement" concerns over animal rights and genetically modified organisms. A chapter addresses animal welfare issues particular to developing countries, and a U.S. scientist offers guidelines for animal welfare audit programs. The author does not discuss kosher standards of humane slaughter. This edition has beefed up references and includes student assignments. Distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A diciotto anni Temple Grandin si costruì una macchina per gli abbracci. Aveva visto che le mucche diventavano mansuete dentro la gabbia di contenimento usata dal veterinario per visitarle, e aveva intuito che uno strumento simile avrebbe potuto calmare anche lei. Così, con due assi di compensato che si stringevano dolcemente ai lati di una panca, realizzò lo strano congegno. Che funzionò a meraviglia. E Temple, giovane autistica con molti problemi di relazione, capì di avere una speciale affinità con gli animali. E capì che per essere felice avrebbe dovuto studiarli e stare con loro il più possibile. Quel che non sapeva è che varie altre scoperte avrebbero fatto di lei uno dei più famosi esperti del comportamento animale. Ma che cosa hanno in comune gli individui autistici e gli animali? Rispondono agli stimoli esterni in modo diverso dalla norma, e tuttavia secondo regole precise, con un linguaggio interiore coerente e un'attenzione concentrata su particolari visivi, uditivi e tattili che a noi sfuggono. Per Temple, incapace di capire i rituali della socialità, un abbraccio non è, ad esempio, che un sovraccarico sensoriale di impulsi contraddittori. Ecco perché deve rifugiarsi dentro una macchina, se vuole provare senza complicazioni quel piacere. Agli animali capita lo stesso con una grande varietà di stimoli, che interpretano secondo i loro codici specifici. Per scoprire questa correlazione occorre una mente fuori dal comune, in grado di vedere la realtà dal punto di vista dell'animale.

Autism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children. This book provides help-and hope-by explaining the differences between various types of autism and delivering the lowdown on behavioral, educational, medical, other interventions. Featuring inspiring autism success stories as well as a list of organizations where people who support those with autism can go for additional help, it offers practical advice on how to educate children as well as insights on helping people with autism use their strengths to maximize their potential in life.

Stephen Shore, EdD (Brookline MA), serves on the board for several autism spectrum-related organizations and he has written Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome (1-931282-00-5) and edited Ask and Tell: Self Advocacy and Disclosure For People on the Autism Spectrum (1-931282-58-7).
Linda G. Rastelli (Middletown, NJ) is a veteran journalist who specializes in health and business.
Temple Grandin, PhD (Fort Collins, CO) is the author of the bestselling Thinking in Pictures (0-679-77289-8) and Emergence: Labeled Autistic (0-446-67182-7).

Written for adults on the spectrum and those involved – parents, spouses, friends – this book is divided into two sections: life and love. In the life section, the author describes and suggests concrete ways to deal with some of the issues and problems faced by those on the autism spectrum. Examples include how to accommodate sensory issues, maintain a home, and manage a career. In the love section, instead of focusing on one topic, such as dating, the author includes a broad spectrum of suggestions for different types of relationships and weaves these together with the core concept of self-esteem.

A groundbreaking book from one of the world's most celebrated animal scientists that will revolutionise our understanding of how animals think and feel.

In this remarkable book Temple Grandin provides us with a unique and compassionate insight into autism, its plurality and its links with animal thought.

• argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness--and that animals do have consciousness
• applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees"--a talent as well as a "deficit"
• explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality that surrounds them--a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearly
• explains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal genius
• compares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see
• examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future 
• reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals 
• maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid
  
  
  

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us.

In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. What emerges in Thinking in Pictures is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who, in gracefully and lucidly bridging the gulf between her condition and our own, sheds light on the riddle of our common identity.

Attraverso questo racconto-saggio "dall'interno" dell'autismo, l'autrice fornisce un documento umano nel quale apre una finestra sulla vita e sull'interiorità, cognitiva ed emotiva, delle persone autistiche. Senza tingere di rosa l'autismo, né minimizzare quanto esso l'abbia esclusa, dalla compagnia, dai piaceri, dalle gratificazioni e dalle possibilità che per molti di noi possono costituire buona parte di quella che chiamiamo "vita", l'autrice delinea un quadro ben diverso dalle immagini che la parola "autismo" comunemente evoca.

• Two Perspectives on Social Thinking
• Two Minds: Two Paths
• The Ten Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, which include:
• • Rule #1: Rules are Not Absolute. They are Situation-based and People-based
  • Rule #2: Not Everything is Equally Important in the Grand Scheme of Things
  • Rule #3: Everyone in the World Makes Mistakes. It Doesn't Have to Ruin Your Day.
  • Rule #4: Honesty is Different than Diplomacy
  • Rule #5: Being Polite is Appropriate in Any Situation
  • Rule #6: Not Everyone Who is Nice to Me is My Friend
  • Rule #7: People Act Differently in Public than They Do in Private
  • Rule #8: Know When You're Turning People Off
  • Rule #9: “Fitting In” is Often Tied to Looking and Sounding Like You Fit In
  • Rule # 10: People are Responsible for Their Own Behaviors
    
     

   

  
  
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A true story that is both uniquely moving and exceptionally inspiring, Emergence is the first-hand account of a courageous autistic woman who beat the odds and cured herself. As a child, Temple Grandin was forced to leave her "normal" school and enroll in a school for autistic children. This searingly honest account captures the isolation and fears suffered by autistics and their families and the quiet strength of one woman who insisted on a miracle.