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Offers those on the autism spectrum tips and advice to help them master the communication and social perception skills needed to date and overcome the social skill deficits and sensory issues that may negatively impact a relationship.

Conflict and resentments break out in a small Adirondack town in the fall of 1916 when Miles Fairchild, a wealthy resident living in a "cure cottage" while being treated for tuberculosis, decides to start a discussion group with patients--mostly poor European immigrants--confined in the state-run sanatorium.

The story of Mike May who was blinded by a chemical explosion at age three, never yearning for the need to see, but in 1999 received news that a very rare stem cell transplant surgery could restore his vision.

Mitchell Levitz and Jason Kingsley share their innermost thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams, their lifelong friendship--and their experiences of growing up with Down syndrome.

Presents the author's first-hand account of having his hearing restored by having a computer chip surgically implanted in his brain, and includes insights into how his body changed, as well as the future of technology, cyborgs, and humans in the machine age.

Chronicles how, after his brother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, Jamie Heywood became a genetic engineer in the hopes of finding a cure for the disease, discussing how his research has uncovered the possibilities of stem cells, gene therapy, brain vaccines, and other new treatments.

Ann Patchett describes her friendship with Lucy Grealy, author of "Autobiography of a Face, " and their commitment to each other for twenty years, from graduate school in Iowa to literary fame in New York City.

A memoir in which the author, born with a rare defect in her immune system, looks at illness and medicine from her dual perspectives as both a patient and a doctor, discussing the fickleness of disease, and the real desire of both patients and physicians for restored health.