Product Description: This book is a compilation of success stories from adults with autism and Asperger's Syndrome.  Each shares what helped them during their childhood and young lives that made them the independant adults they are today.  One of the most important missions Temple Grandin has is making sure people with autism and Asperger's make something of their lives...read more

Product Description: A guide for helping our children lead meaningful and independent lives as they reach adulthoodIn the next five years, hundreds of thousands of children with autism spectrum disorder will reach adulthood. And while diagnosis and treatment for children has improved in recent years, parents want to know: What happens to my child when I am no longer able to care for or assist him? Autism expert Chantal Sicile-Kira and her son Jeremy offer real solutions to a host of difficult questions, including how young adults of different abilities and their parents can:*navigate this new economy where adult service resources are scarce*cope with the difficulties of living apart from the nuclear family*find, and keep a job that provides meaning, stability and an income*create and sustain fulfilling relationship...read more

Product Description: When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism.   While Temple’s doctor recommended a hospital, her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead.   Today, Dr...read more

Product Description: Up to 85% of the Asperger's population are without full-time employment, though many have above-average intelligence. Rudy Simone, an adult with Asperger's Syndrome and an accomplished author, consultant, and musician, created this insightful resource to help employers, educators, and therapists accommodate this growing population, and to help people with Asperger’s find and keep gainful employment...read more

Product Description: For children with sensory difficulties-those who struggle to process everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds, and sights-this groundbreaking book is an invaluable resource...read more

Product Description: Brian has become known worldwide for his positive approach to living the Asperger's experience. Brian continuously dedicates his time to serving as an Ambassador between the Asperger and Neurotypical communities. The primary goal is to help both communities learn to effectively communicate, appreciate, and cooperate with each other in a spirit of mutual respect...read more

Product Description: Temple Grandin, North America's most influential advocate of humane livestock treatment, has spent her life developing stress-free facility designs and standards of humane management. In an environment of growing concern regarding large factory-farming practices, Grandin is a voice of reason explaining the benefits of keeping animals calm through every phase of their lives — benefits that include safer working conditions, higher yields of marketable meat, better-quality meat, and, of course, more humane conditions for the animals...read more

Product Description: This updated and expanded edition considers the continuing dismal employment statistics for individuals with ASD. The authors take an in-depth look at entrepreneurship. Using real-life examples, they point out that many of the unique characteristics of individuals on the autism spectrum lend themselves well to entrepreneurial ventures...read more

Product Description: Animal welfare issues are becoming increasingly prominent in animal prodution, for both economic and moral reasons. This book presents a clear understanding of the relationship between the welfare of major food animal species and their physiology, and the direct impact this has on meat quality...read more

Product Description: Winner of the Gold Award in the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year competition, this groundbreaking book describes the unique challenges of women and girls with Asperger’s Syndrome. In it you’ll read candid stories written by the indomitable women who have lived them...read more

Explains the various types of autism, outlining the latest physical, speech, and nutritional therapies while providing inspiring success stories, a directory of treatment facilities and other resources, and practical advice on how to educate and effectively manage autistic children. Original.

Product Description: Written for adults on the spectrum and those involved parents, spouses, friends this book is divided into two sections: life and love. In the life section, the author describes and suggests concrete ways to deal with some of the issues and problems faced by those on the autism spectrum...read more

Addressing the unique needs of parenting a a child or teenager with an autistic disorder, a comprehensive parent's handbook brings together clear examples, practical advice, and supportive insights to cover the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical requirements of children with such ailments, discussing health risks, treatment and therapeutic options, teaching strategies, life preparation skills, and more. Original.

An animal scientist draws on her experience as an autistic to identify commonalities between animals and autistics, offering insight into how animals process sensory information and how they often possess unrecognized savant-level talents.

Product Description: Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one-third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism--because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us...read more

Product Description: Silver Award Winner in the 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards! Born with autism, both authors now famously live successful social lives. But their paths were very different. Temple's logical mind controlled her social behavior...read more

Product Description: How is Animals in Translation different from every other animal book ever published?Animals in Translation is like no other animal book because of Temple Grandin. As an animal scientist and a person with autism, her professional training and personal history have created a perspective like no other thinker in the field, and this is her exciting, groundbreaking view of the intersection of autism and animal...read more

Product Description: The author of Diagnosing Jefferson introduces twelve more high-achieving role models who have made significant contributions to our world.  Roles models include: Einstein Mozart Darwin Jefferson Welles Levent Robeson Curie Mendel Mozart Bartok Sagan Gould Hartford  All exhibited traits common to people with Asperger's Syndrome...read more

Product Description: Great changes in the livestock industry have been brought about by the introduction of new international standards for meat suppliers, most notably the improvements in the transport and handling of livestock with an increasing focus on animal welfare...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Progressive animal production methods must deliver high quality meat to the consumer, while at the same time promote the welfare of farmed animals. The literature on animal welfare has expanded immensely over recent years, but until now no book has related this area to that of meat science...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Description: Perhaps one of the most noted high-functioning individuals with autism in the world, Temple Grandin, Ph.D. is an active speaker around the world on autism and the author of two books, Emergence: Labled Autistic and Thinking in Pictures. In addition to her career designing livestock handling systems, she has helped thousands of parents and professionals understand how to help individuals with autism/PDD/Asperger's...read more

Description: Perhaps one of the most noted high-functioning individuals with autism in the world, Temple Grandin, Ph.D. is an active speaker around the world on autism and the author of two books, Emergence: Labled Autistic and Thinking in Pictures. In addition to her career designing livestock handling systems, she has helped thousands of parents and professionals understand how to help individuals with autism/PDD/Asperger's...read more