It is our job to redesign our teaching strategies andĮducate our students in a fashion that reaches their individual learning modalities. This is particularly important for educators, like me, so that we are able to maximize the potential of our learners. Grandin’s thorough portrayal of how she understands words - spoken or written – in visual pictures provides the reader with critical insight into the individual with autisms’ mind. I found this book particularly enlightening and inspirational. The author’s insight on behavior, human and animal relationships, sensory issues and emotional development provides the reader with a greater understanding of the internal struggles that are “autism.” The book celebrates Grandin’s self-discovery and eventual professional success as a professor of animal science. Temple Grandin’s memoir, Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism, recounts the journey of an isolated child struggling with a disorder that was fairly unknown at the time. She was diagnosed as autistic in 1950.Ī video clip was shown of her talking to people as she signed books at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 14, 2009.Book review: Temple Grandin’s “Thinking in Pictures” Temple Grandin is an animal science professor at Colorado State University and a consultant and designer of livestock handling facilities. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included autism, how she thinks in pictures, and her work with animals. Topics included autism, how…Īuthor, autism advocate, and animal scientist Temple Grandin talked about her life, career, and body of work. Temple Grandin is the author of over eight books, including Emergence: Labeled Autistic with Margaret Scariano (1986), Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism (1995), Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals (1997), Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism with Kate Duffy (2004), [Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal BehavĪuthor, autism advocate, and animal scientist Temple Grandin talked about her life, career, and body of work.
A video clip was shown of her talking to people as she signed books at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 14, 2009.
T12:00:11-05:00 Author, autism advocate, and animal scientist Temple Grandin talked about her life, career, and body of work.
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