
Different...Not Less
Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD
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Colleen Patrick
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Temple Grandin
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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 independent 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. As Temple says quite bluntly, being on Social Security is not a job choice. These unique individuals often have great potential in parts of their minds that neurotypicals never even start to tap. This needs to be shared with the world. However, in order to share their hidden genius, they have to overcome many social obstacles. The point of this groundbreaking work is - it is possible, and it is worth it. Let these crusaders, handpicked by Temple herself, show how it can be done. Let this work by Dr. Temple Grandin inspire you to your true potential. You will soon see why it means so much to her.
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- By: Temple Grandin
- Narrated by: Jennifer Groberg
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Temple Grandin draws on her own experience to deliver an essential guidebook for guiding and nurturing autistic youth. She gets to the REAL issues of autistic adolescents—the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day.
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The Autistic Brain
- Thinking Across the Spectrum
- By: Temple Grandin, Richard Panek
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies have moved from the realm of psychology to neurology and genetics, and there is far more hope today than ever before thanks to groundbreaking new research into causes and treatments. Now Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science, bringing her singular perspective to a thrilling journey into the heart of the autism revolution.
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things I have never known or considered.
- By corwyne on 11-08-24
By: Temple Grandin, and others
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Autism and Education: The Way I See It
- What Parents and Teachers Need to Know
- By: Temple Grandin
- Narrated by: Jennifer Groberg
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Temple offers helpful dos and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective as well as a great deal of research. Most excitingly, she argues that raising and education for kids on the autism spectrum must focus on their long-overlooked strengths to foster their unique contributions.
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ablist
- By Molly Campbell on 06-04-24
By: Temple Grandin
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Different...Not Less: Revised and Updated
- Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD
- By: Temple Grandin
- Narrated by: Akila Goel
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Temple Grandin offers the world yet another great work, an inspiring and informative book that offers both hope and encouragement. In this audiobook, Temple presents the personal success stories of 14 unique individuals that illustrate the extraordinary potential of those on the autism spectrum. One of Temple’s primary missions is to help people with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and ADHD tap into their hidden abilities.
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Thank you Dr Grandin
- By PaulC on 12-23-22
By: Temple Grandin
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Animals Make Us Human
- Creating the Best Life for Animals
- By: Catherine Johnson, Temple Grandin
- Narrated by: Temple Grandin, Andrea Gallo
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into how animals think, act, and feel. Now she builds on those insights to show us how to give our animals the best and happiest life - on their terms, not ours. Animals Make Us Human is the culmination of almost thirty years of research, experimentation, and experience.
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A book to come back to again & again.
- By Andrea Cull on 09-19-21
By: Catherine Johnson, and others
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Animals in Translation
- Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
- By: Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
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Temple Grandin’s professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field. Grandin and coauthor Catherine Johnson present their powerful theory that autistic people can often think the way animals think—putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate “animal talk.”
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Wonderful, but I have a bone to pick...
- By Tango on 05-06-13
By: Temple Grandin, and others
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How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger's
- By: Jennifer McIlwee Myers
- Narrated by: Leigh Ashman
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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In the real world, people on the autism spectrum need the same kinds of day-to-day skills everyone else needs to be functional! It's true. No matter how high-functioning children with autism or Asperger's may be or may become, they function better as adults if they've had the chance to learn basic skills, from being on time to good personal hygiene. But many reach adulthood without those skills. Enter Jennifer McIlwee Myers, aspie at large.
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Amazing book
- By Cathy Wauczinski on 11-01-17
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The Loving Push, 2nd Edition
- By: Temple Grandin, Debra Moore
- Narrated by: Jennifer Groberg
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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The greatest gifts we can give a child are those that help them grow into their best self. Parents and professionals alike strive to guide youngsters in developing a sense of self-worth and functioning in line with their highest capabilities. No matter what specific challenges a child may face, success is reaching the level of independence and engagement in the world they are realistically capable of achieving.
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Fabulous
- By knowwhatilike on 01-25-25
By: Temple Grandin, and others
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Self-Care for Autistic People
- 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask!
- By: Dr. Megan Anna Neff
- Narrated by: Anna Caputo
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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Self-Care for Autistic People can help you engage in some neurodivergent self-care—without pretending to be neurotypical. You’ll find more than 100 activities that help you accept yourself, destigmatize autism, find your community, and take care of your physical and mental health. You’ll find solutions for managing the challenging aspects of autism, as well as ideas to bring out the many positive aspects. With expert advice from therapist Megan A. Neff, this book will help you make the most of your life and your diagnosis.
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Awareness- Inclusive - Informative - Relevant - Relatable
- By Cfrazier on 05-03-24
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Different Kinds of Minds
- A Guide to Your Brain
- By: Temple Grandin PhD, Ann D. Koffsky - adaptor
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo, Temple Grandin PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Do you like puzzles, coding, and taking things apart? Do you write stories, act in plays, slay at Wordle? The things you are good at are clues to how your brain works. Are you good at math? Working with your hands? Are you a neat freak or a big mess? With her knack for making science easy to understand, Temple Grandin explains different types of thinkers: verbal thinkers who are good with language, and visual thinkers who think in pictures and patterns. You will discover all kinds of minds and how we need to work together to create solutions to help solve real-world problems.
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Uneven
- By Pink Amy on 07-17-24
By: Temple Grandin PhD, and others
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- Taylor Britton
- 03-23-20
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this was like every member of my family got their own chapter in a book.
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- Andy Girl 81
- 01-21-20
Excellent resource!
I would have appreciated a male voice for men, female for women to help follow the stories easier ,but overall really enjoyed and appreciated.
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- Jennifer
- 11-12-18
brilliance it a book!! In more ways than one!!
love, love, loved this book!!! from the authors formatting to the stories themselves this is one of my favorite books of all time. THANK YOU TEMPLE GRANDIN!!!
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- Elisabeth Carey
- 08-13-21
Making life with autism work
This is a collection of success stories from a variety of very different people on the autism spectrum, selected and with introductions by Temple Grandin. The people are very different, their stories are very different, and their definitions of success are very different.
For some, success is holding down a job, however modest, and being able to support themselves. For others, there's considerable professional success, in technology, art, teaching, and business in various forms.
Some have found that marriage and romantic romantic relationships are not a thing they are successful at, no matter how well they do in other areas of life. Some have built successful marriages, though often only after being diagnosed as autistic, enabling them and their partners to understand their behavior better.
These are diverse, fascinating individuals, who have learned to understand and work with, rather than against, their autism. Having been recently been diagnosed as autistic myself, after a lifetime of trying to be "normal," with feelings of frustration and failure at how out of place I feel in many "normal" settings, while "hiding" in setting where geeks and nerds set the standard for "normal" and I feel far more at home, this definitely resonated for me.
These are the stories of people who "don't fit in," yet have found ways to live that work for them and let them be themselves.
Recommended.
I bought this audiobook.
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- Joy from Utica, MI
- 05-08-18
Interesting and Insightful
I found this book to be very educational and it has made me more aware of my own similarities.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is in search of answers.
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- Ricahrd E. Lintal
- 11-07-17
Valuable- Rare first-hand Insights
Lived experiences are candidly shared. Excellent testimonial from a variety of individuals who have lived through the highs and lows of unique lives.
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- DLWaters
- 10-24-19
Helpful for understanding my own challenges
Narrator is okay. The personal stories are important and show how aspies are all different. This collection is like a box of gloves of different styles to try on. If you think you may be aspie, none of these gloves may fit you exactly but you might find several that almost fit and be surprised at how other aspie-gloves are very different from you.
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- L C
- 04-23-21
Interesting not help
Interesting stories of high functioning adults on and off the spectrum. Although interesting not helpful for me personally
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- Michelle
- 01-15-20
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I found the stories immensely helpful, the information could be life-changing. I wish they had chosen a better narrator. It sounds as if they chose a narrator with Aspergers. I appreciate the idea of being inclusive, but it was very distracting for the voice inflection to be so off.
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