Check out her TED talk on the subject, with almost four million views, where she explains how autism allows her to think in pictures and how this helps her understand animal behavior. Grandin has spent her career advocating for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter, and her reforms for slaughterhouses sourcing meat for major fast food chains have contributed to significant improvements in animal welfare.Īs a public figure on the autism spectrum, Grandin is also an advocate for neurodiversity. Grandin also explains how sensory sensitivities and a heightened nervous system response to fear primarily fall on the side of problematic.Still Thinking In Pictures: A Conversation With Temple GrandinĬlick here to view the original Huffington Post article.
Deficits thus require understanding for the purpose of effective treatment and to avoid misconceptions:Īt autism meetings I have heard countless horror stories of how giving the wrong drug to an autistic with epilepsy can cause grand mal seizures or how doctors make zombies out of people by giving them enough neuroleptics to put a horse to sleep (130). It can be difficult to comprehend sensory sensitivities, such as feeling discomfort due to high-pitch sounds or clothing texture, without first-hand knowledge. A lack of direct personal experience contributes to misunderstanding. The problems a person with autism experiences span multiple facets of life-cognitive, sensory, social, emotional-and they often occur in a context of misunderstanding. People often use high-functioning and low-functioning as categories to sort out important differences, although questions remain about the distinctions and features of these two subcategories. Deficits do exist, says Grandin, and with varying effects on functionality.
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