Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story
Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story
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Book Description
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.
Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story,Eustacia Cutler,Future Horizons,1932565167,Biography & Autobiography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Children with Special Needs,General,Specific Groups - Special Needs,Biography & Autobiography / General,Biography: general,Coping with disability,Family & Relationships/Children with Special Needs
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