Images in the Head: And Other Stories About My Life with Autism

Temple Grandin gained worldwide fame as the first person to publicly share the experience of living with autism spectrum disorder. Her book is a direct report from the ‘world of autism’, and Grandin, who writes from both the perspective of an autistic person and from the position of a scientist, describes how this world is perceived by its inhabitants and how she herself managed to break through its boundaries to fully function in the external world. One of the mysteries of autistic consciousness is the remarkable ability to develop visual-spatial skills despite clear difficulties in developing verbal skills. Grandin shows the differences between her life as a person with visual thinking and the lives of those who think in words. This is a window through which we can glimpse into the consciousness of a completely different type. Incredibly interesting and very touching, Temple Grandin's book serves as a bridge between our world and the world in which people think, feel, and perceive everything around them in a completely different way.
"Images in the Head" was first published in 1995. For this edition, Grandin added an afterword dedicated to recent achievements in autism research, including new diagnostic criteria, as well as advice for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders.