About the book: 2023 / Temple Grandin gained worldwide fame by becoming the first person to publicly talk about her experience of living with autism spectrum disorder spectrum Her book is a direct report from the “world of autism,” and Grandin, who writes both from the point of view of an autistic person and from the position of a scientist, tells how this world is perceived by its inhabitants and how she herself managed to get beyond its boundaries in order to function as fully as possible in her life. external world. One of the mysteries of the autistic consciousness is the remarkable ability to develop visual-spatial skills with obvious difficulties with the development of verbal skills. Grandin shows the differences between the life of a visual thinker and the life of a verbal thinker. It is a window through which we can look into a completely different kind of consciousness. Incredibly interesting and very moving, Temple Grandin's book serves as a bridge between our world and the world in which people live who think, feel and perceive everything around them in a completely different way. For the first time, “Pictures in head" were published in 1995. To this edition, Grandin added an afterword discussing the latest advances in the study of autism, including new diagnostic criteria, as well as advice for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders.