Autism is a neurological disorder that the child is born with.
Research by Dr. Margaret Bauman has shown that children with autism have immature development in certain parts of the brain. It is caused by abnormal development and growth of brain regions involved with emotion and the processing of sensory input from the eys, nose and skin. Symptoms of autism usually become evident at age two or three. Some of the most common sysmptoms are:

• Lack of speech
• No interest in people
• No eye contact
• Oversensitivity to noise
• Appearance of deafness
• Temper tantrums

In my book Thinking In Pictures I describe my own experiences with autism and review the latest research. It is very important to enroll children with autism in a good educational program when the sysmptoms first occur.

Table Of Contents:

Foreward

• by Oliver Sacks

1. Thinking in Pictures
   • Autism and Visual Thought
2. The Great Continuum
   • Diagnosing Autism
3. The Squeeze Machine
   • Sensory Problems in Autism
4. Learning Empathy
   • Emotion and Autism
5. The Ways of the World
   • Developing Autistic Talent
6. Believer in Biochemistry
   • Medications and New Treatments
7. Dating Data
   • Autism and Relationships
8. A Cow's Eye View
   • Connecting with Animals
9. Artists and Accountants
   • An Understanding of Animal Thought
10. Einstein's Second Cousin
    • The Link Between Autism and Genius
11. Stairway to Heaven
    • Religion and Belief

• References and Selected Readings
• Resource List
• ISBN # 0-679-77289-8

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Schematic drawings of the squeeze machine apparatus that is described in Temple Grandin's book "Thinking In Pictures"

Thinking in Pictures is now available in paperback at your local bookstore.
The paperback edition is being published by VINTAGE - check out their web site!!
(If you would like to order "on line")

For more information on autism.

In the United States - telephone 1-800-3-AUTISM (or 301-657-0881)