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The World Needs All Kinds of Minds | Temple Grandin

By Temple Grandin — 2010

Autism activist Temple Grandin talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. See more...

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Social Problems: Understanding Emotions and Developing Talents

I put a great deal of emphasis on employment because I see so many very intelligent people with autism and Asperger's syndrome without satisfying jobs. A satisfying profession made life have meaning for me. I am what I do and think instead of what I feel.

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Temple Grandin
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2018
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Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong.

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Brené Brown
2025
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Glad No Matter What: Transforming Loss and Change into Gift and Opportunity

Though SARK has empowered millions to live their creative dreams, manage their businesses, and savor personal connections, the deaths of her mother and cat and the end of a treasured relationship tested her ability to walk her talk.

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SARK
2010
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Access Denied: Will Art Ever Learn to Embrace Disability?

This is not about meeting criteria and ticking boxes, it’s about finally creating the generous, plural and radical art world that many of us want and need.

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Siobhán Forshaw
2021
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The Social Survival Guide for Teens on the Autism Spectrum: How to Make Friends and Navigate Your Emotions

Social situations can feel mysterious or tricky to navigate―and if you are on the autism spectrum, they can feel overwhelming. The Social Survival Guide for Teens on the Autism Spectrum unlocks socialization secrets and helps you understand your feelings.

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Lindsey Sterling
2020
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2025
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Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal

Elaborating upon her “Living with Cancer” column in the New York Times, Susan Gubar helps patients, caregivers, and the specialists who seek to serve them. In a book both enlightening and practical, she describes how the activities of reading and writing can right some of cancer’s wrongs.

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Susan Gubar
2016
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In Praise of the ADHD Funny Bone

Children and adults with ADHD often get called out for being too silly, but the quirks that we are born with keep our lives fresh, interesting, and full of creativity. Here, learn how to be funny and embrace your silliness without getting in trouble all the time.

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Edward Hallowell
2020
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6 Emotions that Plague Highly Sensitive People Trying to Grow a Business

For a large part of my life, I wondered why I was so different from everyone else. When I started my first business, I wondered why other entrepreneurs did not seem to struggle with the emotional issues I was having on a daily basis. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I first heard of HSP.

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Kimanzi Constable
2016
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