The autistic brain : thinking across the spectrum
Grandin, Temple
The autistic brain : thinking across the spectrum / Temple Grandin and Richard Panek - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2013 - 240 pages : illus. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index
Since Temple Grandin 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. The Autistic Brain is essential reading from the most respected and beloved voices in the field.
9780547636450
2013000662
Autism spectrum disorders
Autistic people----Mental health
Autism----Research
Psychology, Pathological
Science
Neuroscience
RC553.A88 / G725 2013
616.8588 GRA
The autistic brain : thinking across the spectrum / Temple Grandin and Richard Panek - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2013 - 240 pages : illus. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index
Since Temple Grandin 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. The Autistic Brain is essential reading from the most respected and beloved voices in the field.
9780547636450
2013000662
Autism spectrum disorders
Autistic people----Mental health
Autism----Research
Psychology, Pathological
Science
Neuroscience
RC553.A88 / G725 2013
616.8588 GRA
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