Autism: It probably isn't what you think
Recently, two books have crossed my path, about autism. One is a novel, one is autobiographical. The first is called THE SPEED OF DARK by Elizabeth Moon. Her story is fiction, told by an autistic man. She is qualified to speak with this voice as she is the mother of an autistic son. The second is ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION by Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who struggled through her personal challenges and a world not always helpful or understanding, to achieve a PhD and a career in animal... Sign in to see full entry.