Grandin also explains how sensory sensitivities and a heightened nervous system response to fear primarily fall on the side of problematic. Margaret Bauman has shown that children with autism have immature development in certain parts of the brain. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. 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). Thinking in Pictures Autism is a neurological disorder that the child is born with. In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism. It can be difficult to comprehend sensory sensitivities, such as feeling discomfort due to high-pitch sounds or clothing texture, without first-hand knowledge. Grandin credit her understanding of animals and her design of cattle and hog handling equiptment Click the card to flip Visual thinking Click the card to flip 1 / 33 Flashcards Learn Test Match Created by kaitlynawood Terms in this set (33) 1. 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.

She went on to earn a bachelors degree in psychology.

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. The idea that some people think differently, though no less humanly, is explored in this inspiring book. Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism at age 2 and only began speaking after she was four years old. Deficits do exist, says Grandin, and with varying effects on functionality.

Thinking in pictures by temple grandin