Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism - Hardcover

Grandin, Temple; Barron, Sean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 193256506X ISBN 13: 9781932565065

Publisher: Future Horizons, 2004

Synopsis

Dr. Temple Grandin and Sean Barron use their colorful life stories to explain the unwritten rules and patterns of social relationships. They create guidelines for living and working with others and illustrate their infinite applications, in even the most complex situations. The authors' brilliant insights are invaluable to anyone who has ever felt "outside the norm" in school, at work, or when relating to people in general. Dr. Grandin has received enormous accolades for her best-selling book Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, but, more often than not, it's because she "has transformed autism from being an unfortunate disability to being an enviable advantage that many of us would give anything to experience." She and her co-author Sean Barron carry this mantle one gargantuan step further with Unwritten Rules. They give us insight into our own world like no one else has.

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About the Author

Sean Barron is a very interesting and intelligent young man who has faced the challenge of autism. He and his mother wrote an insightful book on their lives together. There's a Boy in Here has won many accolades for offering the unique perspectives of two people who look at the same world but see and feel entirely different things. Mr. Barron has progressed to the point that it is difficult to even realize that he once was truly impacted by autism/Asperger's Syndrome. He is now a freelance writer, lives independently, and recently co-authored Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships with Dr. Temple Grandin. Sean is a graduate of Youngstown State University, and works as a reporter for the Youngstown Vindicator. He's pursuing a second degree in journalism.

Temple Grandin is a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior. She is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and world-famous advocate for people with autism spectrum disorders. She is a TIME 100 winner in the Heroes category.

Veronica Zysk, Executive Director of the Autism Society of America (1991-1996), is an award-winning author. She has worked with Temple Grandin and Sean Barron, among many others on books such as Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships (Future Horizons, 2005) which won a Silver Award at the publishing industry’s ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year competition. She has also worked with Ellen Notbohm on the bestseller Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew (Future Horizons, 2012).

Edition details

• Publisher: Future Horizons
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193256506X
• ISBN 13: 9781932565065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 383
• Editor: Zysk Veronica