The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain (published in Hardcover as Neurodiversity)
- ISBN-10
- 0738215244
- ISBN-13
- 9780738215242
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-10-04
- Publisher
- Da Capo Lifelong Books
- Author
- Thomas Armstrong
Description
“Parents, teachers, and policymakers should all read this thought-provoking book. I loved it.”—Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures
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