ISBN 978-0446671828

A classic!  One of the very first of the first-hand accounts--Temple tells the story of how she longed for affection, but feared human contact.  Unable to experience reality as other children could, she was quick to anger, easily over-stimulated, and isolated.  Facing ceaseless waves of terrifying nerve attacks, she as a child was heading into a dark abyss of autism.  But within her lonely world, Temple's creativity, intelligence, and yearning for emergence refused to die.