Nine Minds (eBook)

As Daniel Tammet's short sentences morph and lengthen into a kind of literary portraiture, you may find unique insights into autism and new aspects of our shared humanity.

A study of remarkable people on the spectrum and their dazzling accomplishments. Written with insight, generosity, compassion and narrative energy, Tammet's exquisite portraits remind us that the variety of brains is every bit as essential as any other form of diversity that sustains the planet

Tammet's writing is eloquent and moving but always uncomplicated

Tammet's books about words and numbers are bursting with feeling and possibility ... in telling the fictionalised tales of nine real, well-known autistic people, he demolishes the autism myths that originated with medics around 90 years ago and [have since] migrated to the public imagination

This book is a meeting of minds, in all their vast capacity, passionate commitments, and varied flavours - a profound act of appreciation of the many unexpected gifts of neurodivergence

A memoir of outstanding lucidity and charm

Beautiful and intimate and mind-expanding. We generally presume that everyone's inner life is like our own; only rarely do we get to dive deeply into the mind of another, much less nine of them. Tammet gives us this opportunity with his characteristic eloquence, insight, and grace

[Tammet] is challenging the stereotypes of autism and it's fascinating

From a pioneering surgeon to a bestselling novelist, the nine minds explored in Tammet's revelatory study of the complexity and benefits of autism cast a life on the spectrum in an entirely new light

It's so interesting to hear Daniel's story ... he's an undoubtable pioneer and has done so much to forward our understanding of people on the spectrum. He takes a look at some very brilliant people around the world, also on the spectrum. The award-winning writer ... is pretty famous, even Kate Bush wrote a song about him!

Daniel Tammet's wonderful portraits of autistic people's inner lives illustrate the range of neurodivergent talents and experiences, and celebrate human cognitive diversity

Remarkable

Tammet is able to live in a "thought-world of numbers", and yet he is also a writer whose qualities contradict the oft-made assumption that autism and empathy cannot coexist within the same mind. Like a novelist, he enters his characters' heads ; he reconstructs dialogue and shifts time and place ... he celebrates the gifts and talents of autistic people, while exploring the richness of their desires and dreams