Se Temple Grandin non ha potuto accedere alla facoltà di Veterinaria è a causa delle gravi carenze in matematica: il suo modo di pensare per immagini - correlato al disturbo dello spettro autistico - le rende infatti difficile maneggiare concetti astratti quali i numeri. La sua particolare forma mentis, riconosciuta e sviluppata grazie ai corsi pratici un tempo offerti dalle scuole, le ha tuttavia permesso di diventare una stimata progettista di macchinari zootecnici, nonché un'autorevole esperta di comportamento animale - materia che, paradossalmente, oggi insegna proprio agli aspiranti veterinari. L'attrito fra il funzionamento del suo cervello e il mondo circostante, avvertito sin dalla più tenera età, l'ha convinta che noi umani abbiamo «modi diversi di pensare»: al pensiero verbale - sequenziale e fondato sul linguaggio - si oppone infatti, in un continuum di gradazioni intermedie, un pensiero visivo che procede per immagini, e che il sistema educativo e il mondo del lavoro sempre più spesso stentano a valorizzare. Intrecciando illuminanti aneddoti storici - fra i pensatori visivi si annoverano molti degli uomini più geniali d'ogni epoca, da Michelangelo a Einstein fino a Steve Jobs -, esperienze personali ed evidenze tratte dai più recenti studi neuroscientifici, Grandin ci offre un'affascinante analisi di queste divergenti forme di pensiero, e insieme lancia alla società un severo monito, affinché impari a scorgere in menti differenti «non una disabilità ma una risorsa» e non si lasci sfuggire un'irrinunciabile opportunità di arricchimento.

In questo libro, la dottoressa Mary Temple Grandin affronta i problemi reali che genitori, insegnanti e bambini devono affrontare ogni giorno. In un manuale conciso e chiaro, l'autrice illustra tecniche e strumenti efficaci nel campo dell'educazione, relative a tematiche come: l'importanza dell'intervento precoce, lo sviluppo del talento, la motivazione a beneficio degli studenti, l'insegnamento di diversi tipi di pensiero. In queste utili pagine, la dottoressa Grandin offre consigli, strategie pratiche e suggerimenti da provare, tutti basati su ricerche approfondite e sulla sua esperienza diretta. La dottoressa Grandin sostiene infine che l'educazione dei bambini nello spettro autistico deve concentrarsi sui loro punti di forza, spesso trascurati, per promuovere il loro contributo unico al mondo.

Come vola un aquilone? Perché le palline da golf hanno le fossette? Da dove nascono le idee degli inventori? Le risposte a queste e a molte altre domande le trovate qui. "Siamo tutti inventori", infatti, racconta la scienza dal punto di vista delle invenzioni e della loro genesi: gli esperimenti pratici, i molti tentativi ed errori e, a volte (perché no?), il contributo del caso. Temple Grandin accompagna i giovani lettori in un incredibile viaggio lungo la storia dell'innovazione, arricchito da aneddoti personali e dalla storia di inventori e invenzioni celebri. Grazie ai tanti progetti proposti nel libro, chiunque potrà mettersi alla prova e costruire aquiloni, aeroplanini, pupazzi di legno, fiocchi di neve, fiori e molto altro. Il messaggio del libro è soprattutto questo: immaginate e poi costruite, fate con le mani, lasciando che la vostra fantasia vi guidi e si scateni. Perché, come dice Temple Grandin, se si può immaginare, si può fare! Età di lettura: da 10 anni.

Parents, teachers, therapists, and anyone who cares about a child or teen on the autism spectrum need this essential roadmap to prepare our youth for being successful adults in today’s world. Best-selling author, autism advocate, and animal science professor Dr. Temple Grandin joins psychologist and autism specialist Dr. Debra Moore in spelling out what steps you can take to restore your child’s hope and motivation, and what you must avoid. Eight life stories told by people on the autism spectrum, including chapters on subjects like how to get kids off their computers, how to build on their strengths and get back to caring about their lives, and how to find a path to a successful, meaningful life make this a “MUST-READ BOOK.”

Presents advice and tips on living with autism using articles published by the author to cover topics such as education, social development, and considerations for autistic adults.

By taking an entirely practical approach, this textbook aims to help those working with animals to apply methods for improving welfare, bridging the gap between scientific research and practical application. This book provides a guide to practical evaluation and auditing of welfare problems for farmed animals, emphasizing the importance of measuring conditions that compromise welfare such as lameness or the use of electric goads. This second edition is fully updated with new literature, new, up-to-date coverage of pain management, and the addition of a new chapter on animal welfare in organic farming systems.

By taking an entirely practical approach, this textbook aims to help those working with animals to apply methods for improving welfare, bridging the gap between scientific research and practical application. This book provides a guide to practical evaluation and auditing of welfare problems for farmed animals, emphasizing the importance of measuring conditions that compromise welfare such as lameness or the use of electric goads. This second edition is fully updated with new literature, new, up-to-date coverage of pain management, and the addition of a new chapter on animal welfare in organic farming systems.

As many as 1.5 million children and adults in the U.S. have autism.The lifetime cost of caring for a child with autism ranges from $3.5 – $5 million. Our children — our future — is at stake. The world needs to listen to what Temple Grandin has to say.In this innovative audiobook, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics Temple delves into:• How and Why People with Autism Think Differently• Economical Early Intervention Programs that Work• How Sensory Sensitivities Affect Learning• Behaviors Caused by a Disability vs. Just Bad Behaviors• Teaching People with Autism to Live in an Unpredictable World• Alternative Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine• Employment Ideas for Adults with AutismThis REVISED & EXPANDED edition contains revisions based on the most current autism research, as well as 14 additional articles including The Role of Genetics and Environmental Factors in Causing Autism, Understanding the Mind of a Nonverbal Person with Autism, Finding Mentors and Appropriate Colleges, and many more!"This book is insightful, helpful, and hopeful — just like the woman who wrote it! It is a ‘how-to’ guide that I am confident will leave any reader feeling both informed and inspired.” — Emily Gerson Saines, Executive Producer of the HBO movie Temple Grandin

When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple’s doctor recommended institutionalizing her, but her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin, a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University, is an autism advocate and her world-changing career revolutionized the livestock industry. This compelling biography and Temple's personal photos take us inside her extraordinary mind and open the door to a broader understanding of autism.

In the revised and expanded version of this innovative book, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics Temple delves into: How and Why People with Autism Think Differently Economical Early Intervention Programs that Work How Sensory Sensitivities Affect Learning Behaviors Caused by a Disability vs. Just Bad Behaviors Teaching People with Autism to Live in an Unpredictable World Alternative Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine Employment Ideas for Adults with AutismThis revised and expanded edition contains revisions based on her most current autism research, as well as 12 additional articles including:Improving Time Management and Organizational SkillsWhich School is best for this Child?Teaching Turn Taking and the Ability to Wait And many more!

In In the Company of Bears, originally published in hardcover as Out on a Limb, Ben Kilham invites us into the world he has come to know best: the world of black bears.

For decades, Kilham has studied wild black bears in a vast tract of Northern New Hampshire woodlands. At times, he has also taken in orphaned infants–feeding them, walking them through the forest for months to help them decipher their natural world, and eventually reintroducing them back into the wild. Once free, the orphaned bears still regard him as their mother. And one of these bears, now a 17-year-old female, has given him extraordinary access to her daily life, opening a rare window into how she and the wild bears she lives among carry out their daily lives, raise their young, and communicate.

Witnessing this world has led to some remarkable discoveries. For years, scientists have considered black bears to be mostly solitary. Kilham's observations, though, reveal the extraordinary interactions wild bears have with each other. They form friendships and alliances; abide by a code of conduct that keeps their world orderly; and when their own food supplies are ample, they even help out other bears in need. Could these cooperative behaviors, he asks, mimic behavior that existed in the animal that became human? In watching bears, do we see our earliest forms of communications unfold?

Kilham's dyslexia once barred him from getting an advanced academic degree, securing funding for his research, and publishing his observations in the scientific literature. After being shunned by the traditional scientific community, though, Kilham’s unique findings now interest bear researchers worldwide. His techniques even aid scientists working with pandas in China and bears in Russia. Moreover, the observation skills that fueled Kilham’s exceptional work turned out to be born of his dyslexia. His ability to think in pictures and decipher systems makes him a unique interpreter of the bear's world.

In the Company of Bears delivers Kilham’s fascinating glimpse at the inner world of bears, and also makes a passionate case for science, and education in general, to open its doors to different ways of learning and researching–doors that could lead to far broader realms of discovery.

As many as 1.5 million children and adults in the U.S. have autism.The lifetime cost of caring for a child with autism ranges from $3.5 – $5 million. Our children — our future — is at stake. The world needs to listen to what Temple Grandin has to say.In this innovative audiobook, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics Temple delves into:• How and Why People with Autism Think Differently• Economical Early Intervention Programs that Work• How Sensory Sensitivities Affect Learning• Behaviors Caused by a Disability vs. Just Bad Behaviors• Teaching People with Autism to Live in an Unpredictable World• Alternative Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine• Employment Ideas for Adults with AutismThis REVISED & EXPANDED edition contains revisions based on the most current autism research, as well as 14 additional articles including The Role of Genetics and Environmental Factors in Causing Autism, Understanding the Mind of a Nonverbal Person with Autism, Finding Mentors and Appropriate Colleges, and many more!"This book is insightful, helpful, and hopeful — just like the woman who wrote it! It is a ‘how-to’ guide that I am confident will leave any reader feeling both informed and inspired.” — Emily Gerson Saines, Executive Producer of the HBO movie Temple Grandin

"A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate Temple Grandin is a star, a Time Magazine top 100 Hero and an inspiration to millions worldwide. Since she started writing and speaking about autism, the number of people diagnosed with it has skyrocketed--but so has the research that is transforming our understanding of the autistic brain. Now she brings her singular perspective to a thrilling journey through the autism revolution. Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, she introduces the neuroimaging advances and genetic research that link brain science to behavior, even sharing her own brain scans from numerous studies. We meet the scientists and self-advocates who are introducing innovative theories of what causes, how we diagnose, and how best to treat autism. She highlights long-ignored sensory problems and the treatments that might help them, and warns of the dangers of politics defining the diagnosis of autism spectrum. Mostexciting, in the science that has begun to reveal the long-overlooked strengths conferred by autism, she finds a route to more effective mainstreaming and a way to unleash the unique advantages of autistic people. From the "aspies" in Silicon Valley to the five-year-old without language, Grandin understands the true meaning of the word spectrum. The Autistic Brain is essential reading from the most respected and beloved voices in the field"--