Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story
The mother of the most famous person with autism today, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., tells the story of her death-lock struggle with medical authorities and her husband to keep her daughter from being warehoused in an institution, delving into myth and reality, angst and guilt, family and society ultimately defining the travails of all of humanity.
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As much about family disfunction as autism
It is a very readable book about the fight to help a child join the world.
Temple's mother had no support system but clung to helping Temple just because she knew that she was the baby's only hope.Already read
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I found this book very insightful. It certainly resonated with me.
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