Different-- not less : inspiring stories of achievement and successful employment from adults with autism, Asperger's, and ADHD

Different-- not less : inspiring stories of achievement and successful employment from adults with autism, Asperger's, and ADHD /

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Fourteen individuals with autism, Asperger's syndrome, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder share the challenges they experienced growing up, their lives, relationships, and eventual careers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grandin, Temple
Other Authors: Attwood, Tony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Arlington, TX : Future Horizons, c2012.
Subjects:
Autism.
Asperger's syndrome.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Autistic people > Anecdotes.
Asperger's syndrome > Patients > Anecdotes.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults > Anecdotes.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Dr Tony Attwood
  • Introduction / Dr Temple Grandin
  • Charli Devnet: tour guide and lover of history
  • Stephen Shore: special-education professor and autism advocate
  • Anna Magdalena Christianson: psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner
  • Karla Fisher: senior program manager for Intel and successful "techie"
  • Moppy Hamilton: mother of two and retail employee
  • Steve Selpal: freelance artist who found success through art
  • Anita Lesko: nurse anesthetist and aviation writer
  • Wendy Lawson: psychologist
  • Neil McRae: veterinary surgeon in Scotland
  • Kim Davies: successful physician
  • Robert Cooper: owner of a computer server design and support firm
  • Leonora Gregory-Collura: autism outreach consultant and dancer/choreographer
  • Sean Jackson: successful real-estate executive
  • Stewart Forge: partner and creative director of an advertising agency
  • Temple's epilogue
  • A note from Temple about the DSM.

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