![]() As she herself said, before there was the awareness about autism there is today, people with Asperger syndrome “were just called geeks and nerds.” I may have chalked it down to her being weird, or nerdy. ![]() In fact, if I hadnʼt known that Grandin has autism, I donʼt think I would have guessed. Grandin is extremely high-functioning she is an associate professor at Colorado State University and a wonderful speaker ― warm, charismatic and funny. On Wednesday evening, I got a chance to hear Grandin speak at Hunter College, which has a new Autism Center. This piece of insight comes directly from Temple Grandin, arguably the most famous person with autism. ![]() Some people with autism see specific, detailed images instead of a generic picture when they imagine an object. What do you see? A general image of a steeple that broadly resembles steeples anywhere? Or a series of snapshots, each one a detailed recollection of a real steeple? ![]()
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