A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story 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.Read More

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  • 1932565167
  • 9781932565164
  • Eustacia Cutler
  • 1 September 2005
  • Future Horizons Incorporated
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 228
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