The Neuroscientist who lost her mind
This is a really interesting book that shows us how it feels from the inside if ones brain suddenly functions differently. This book looks at […]
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to
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The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
“One of the most remarkable books I’ve ever read. It’s truly moving, eye-opening, incredibly vivid.”—Jon Stewart, The Daily Show NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF
The Thinking Moms’ Revolution: Autism beyond the Spectrum: Inspiring True Stories from Parents Fighting to Rescue Their Children
“The most amazing, inspiring, ball busting, loving bloggers out there. [These] chicks rock.” —Jenny McCarthy The Thinking Moms’ Revolution (TMR) is a group of twenty-three
Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism by Ron Suskind
Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy?A nightmare? This
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Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today—guided by the owner himself. Bestselling author Daniel Tammet (Thinking in Numbers) is virtually unique
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The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing, Genius, and Autism by Kristine Barnett
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started
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The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed by Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin may be the most famous person with autism, a condition that affects 1 in 88 children. Since her birth in 1947, our understanding
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Spark by John R Ratey
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina
Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher
Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown
We’ve all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever
The Long Ride Home by Rupert Isaacson
Rowan came back from the shamans in Mongolia a changed boy. The three most debilitating effects of his autism – his incontinence, his endless tantruming,
The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson
When his son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson was devastated, afraid he might never be able to communicate with his child. But when