"82 subjects covered!"--Cover

The importance of early education -- Teaching & education -- Sensory issues -- Understanding nonverbal autism -- Behavior issues -- Social functioning -- Medications & biomedical issues -- Cognition & brain research -- Adult issues & employment

"In this fifth edition of the beloved classic book The Way I See It, Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the REAL issues of autism -- the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful dos and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips all based on her insider perspective and a great deal of research. Revised and updated chapters include: alternative v. conventional medicine, do not get trapped by labels, the importance of early educational intervention, video gaming and screen time, try on careers . . . and many more."

Includes a foreword to the second edition by Emily Gerson Saines and a foreword to the first edition by Ruth Christ Sullivan