Thinking in Pictures

May 1, 2008 at 9:49 AM
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Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism

Temple Grandin

I am just now reading this book and I find it most enlightening. I first heard about Temple Grandin from a videotape that I got on loan from RIP; we were interested in this after Fightinggale and I received a sprovisional diagnosis of Asperger's for our son, Josh.

So while I am reading this to understand my son's situation more, I am actually finding out more and more about myself.

The way she describes her thought processes is just about the way mine worked as well, when I was about Josh's age.

I know that most of the people at Faces of Autism are already familiar with Temple Grandin, but for you edification and mine, I highly recommend it.

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I read this in high school (a few years ago). I remember finding it fascinating and extremely difficult. Our (Ms. Grandin's and my) brains seem to be wired completely oppositely, and her writing style reflected her "wiring," so to speak, so I had a hard time wrapping my mind around some methods of thought that she uses. Still, I thought it very interesting (and thus did finish it) because of its totally different perspective (does that make any sense?)