I enjoyed this book because my nephew is also autistic and just reading about how someone else acted and their thoughts made me really think how my nephew is. I haven't really gotten to far into the book but what I have read I happen to really enjoy it. I cant wait till I read more about Temple Grandin's life. I really enjoyed reading about how Temple would get into all kinds of trouble it was pretty funny to read. I also like how she didn't leave anything out in her book. You could even see letters about what her mom write to her doctor or in her diary so you can see what her mom was going through and thinking about.

I loved the movie Temple Grandin and wanted to read the books on which the film was based. So for me, the interesting parts of the book are the narratives and vignettes of Ms. Grandin's life. But because this book was written to educate caregivers of autistic persons on how to educate and understand autistic behavior, there is a lot of explanations of what could have been the cause of autism, what treatments/therapies are effective....etc. Those sections I began to skip as I got further into the book. Ms. Grandin provided many first-hand documents from her life in the book. We got to read her diary, her mother's letters to her, a health report form her mother filled out....While these are valuable memos to Ms. Grandin's life story, I feel they dragged on the narrative rather than enhanced it because of their length. In terms of storytelling, the film did better.

This is my favorite Temple Grandin book because she talks about what it was like growing up with autism. She paints pictures of life in the 50s when people weren't so understanding. Her parents, particularly her mother, made such a huge impact on Temple's life by believing in her, appreciating her strengths, and helping her to work with/around her deficits -- something every good mother does but most not with the vigor and confidence that Temple's mom employed. Hats off to her.

Não sei o quanto as referências de pesquisa ainda são atuais, mas continua sendo um relato bem interessante da experiência da autora.