Oliver sacks calls temple grandins first book and the first picture of autism from the inside quite extraordinary unprecedented and in a way unthinkablesacks told part of her story in his an anthropologist on mars and in thinking in pictures grandin returns to tell her life history with great depth insight and feeling grandin told sacks i dont want my thoughts to die with me. The title thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism would suggest a first person account of an individuals experiences with autism in fact the book is much more in it temple grandin phd provides not only a vivid account of her life but also an extensive overview of the state of knowledge about autism. This item thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism by temple grandin hardcover 10546 ships from and sold by books mela aus autistic brain by temple grandin paperback 2621. She describes her painful isolation growing up different and her discovery of visual symbols to interpret the ways of the natives thinking in pictures also gives information from the front lines of autism including treatment medication and diagnosis as well as temples insights into genius savants sensory phenomena and animal behavior. She describes her pain isolation growing up different and her discovery visual symbols to interpret the ways of the natives thinking in pictures also gives information from the frontlines of autism including treatme medication and diagnosis as well as temples insight into genius savants sensory phenomena etc ultimately it is temples unique ability describe the way her visual mind works and how she first made the connection between her impairment and animal temperament that is