A Thorn in My Pocket
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A Thorn in My Pocket

Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story

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eBook - ePub

A Thorn in My Pocket

Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story

About this book

A Thorn in My Pocket is Eustacia Cutler's story of raising her daughter, Temple Grandin, in the conservative Leave-it-to-Beaver world of the fifties, a time when children with autism were routinely diagnosed as infant schizophrenics and banished to institutions. She tells of her fight to keep Temple in the mainstream of family, community, and school life, how Temple responded and went on to succeed, as Ms. Cutler puts it, beyond my wildest dreams. Ms. Cutler also explores the nature of the autism disorder as doctors understand it today, and how its predominant characteristics reflect our own traits in an exaggerated form. Insightful chapters include: And Baby Makes Three As the Twig Is Bent Childhood The Separate Worlds Begin Things Fall Apart And Start All Over Again The End of Childhood Then What Happened? Looking for the Source The Legacy of Genes What It Means to Be Human

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Information

Publisher
Future Horizons
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781935274384
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. Half Title Page
  8. Chapter 1: And Baby Makes Three
  9. Chapter 2: As the Twig Is Bent
  10. Chapter 3: Childhood
  11. Chapter 4: The Separate Worlds Begin
  12. Chapter 5: Things Fall Apart
  13. Chapter 6: And Start All Over Again
  14. Chapter 7: The End of Childhood
  15. Chapter 8: Then What Happened?
  16. Chapter 9: Looking for the Source
  17. Chapter 10: The Legacy of Genes
  18. Chapter 11: What It Means to Be Human
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Bibliography