Different-- not Less : : Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment From Adults With Autism, Asperger's, and Adhd
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Foreword / Dr Tony Attwood -- Introduction / Dr Temple Grandin -- Charli Devnet: tour guide and lover of history -- Stephen Shore: special-education professor and autism advocate -- Anna Magdalena Christianson: psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner -- Karla Fisher: senior program manager for Intel and successful "techie" -- Moppy Hamilton: mother of two and retail employee -- Steve Selpal: freelance artist who found success through art -- Anita Lesko: nurse anesthetist and aviation writer -- Wendy Lawson: psychologist -- Neil McRae: veterinary surgeon in Scotland -- Kim Davies: successful physician -- Robert Cooper: owner of a computer server design and support firm -- Leonora Gregory-Collura: autism outreach consultant and dancer/choreographer -- Sean Jackson: successful real-estate executive -- Stewart Forge: partner and creative director of an advertising agency -- Temple's epilogue -- A note from Temple about the DSM.
Fourteen individuals with autism, Asperger's syndrome, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder share the challenges they experienced growing up, their lives, relationships, and eventual careers.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Temple Grandin submitted by KSB2013 on July 8, 2016, 8:47am Another great book from Dr. Grandin that give information and hope
PUBLISHED
Arlington, TX : Future Horizons Inc., c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: viii, 407 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781935274605 (pbk.)
1935274600 (pbk.)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Attwood, Tony.
SUBJECTS
Autism.
Asperger's syndrome.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Autistic people -- Anecdotes.
Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Anecdotes.
Attention-deficit-disordered adults -- Anecdotes.