Author: Temple Grandin
Major Character with a Disability: the author
Short Description
The author describes autism from the inside in this story of her life.
Published by: Vintage (US), 1996
Author with Disabilities: Temple Grandin
The captivating subject of Oliver Sack’s Anthropologist on Mars, here is Temple Grandin’s personal account of living with autism extraordinary gift of animal empathy has transformed [...]
Author: Mark Haddon
Major Character with a Disability: Christopher Boone (the narrator of the story)
Short Description
A young detective with autism solves a crime while learning about life.
Published by: Doubleday (US), 2003
Author with Disabilities: none
Randomhouse (UK publisher) excerpts (text and audio) from the book
Long Description (from Doubleday)
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the [...]
Author: Rachel Simon
Major Character with a Disability: Beth Simon
Short Description
Beth lives independently and is in a long-term romantic relationship, but perhaps the most surprising thing about her, certainly to her (mostly) supportive family, is how she spends her days riding buses.
Published by: Houghton Mifflin (US), 2002
Author with Disabilities: none
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Long Description (from [...]
Author: Martha Beck
Major Character with a Disability: Adam
Short Description
The pregnancy and birth of Adam, a child with Down syndrome, and the effect on his parents
Published by: Crown (US), 1999
Author with Disabilities: none
Long Description (from Amazon.com)
Expecting Adam is an autobiographical tale of an academically oriented Harvard couple who conceive a baby with Down’s syndrome and decide [...]
Authors: Temple Grandin and Margaret M. Scariano
Major Character with a Disability: the author
Short Description
The author gives her personal perspective on autism and how she took advantage of her attributes.
Published by: Warner Books (US), 1996
Author with Disabilities: Temple Grandin
This book is written by a woman who overcame a severe disability to become a successful designer of [...]