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This 7 page paper is a critical analysis of the book Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin, who suffers from autism. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Temple Grandin: Thinking in Pictures Research Compiled for The Paper
Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction Temple Grandin is autistic and she has written a book. These two
facts would seem mutually exclusive, since the impression most people have of autistic individuals is that they cannot function. This paper is a critical analysis of Grandins book and as
such briefly describes the work and its author, and the purpose for which she wrote the book, insofar as the reason can be determined. Discussion The book: The book is
Temple Grandins story of her childhood, her struggle with autism and her eventual success. However, the fact that she suffers from a recognizable and substantial handicap cannot be overlooked, nor
can she be considered an ordinary author. A book written by someone who designs more "humane" ways to slaughter cattle might be considered an oddity by the reading public, but
hardly a best-seller. But when an autistic person writes such a book, it is suddenly an important work. This speaks less to the quality of the writing than to the
public fascination with mental and emotional deficiencies. Its probably fair to say that when most people think of autism, they envision an unruly or defiant child, rocking, screaming, hitting people
or throwing food, excrement and trash around. As Oliver Sacks notes in his forward to the book, most people speak of autistic children but rarely of autistic adults, "as if
such children never grew up, or were somehow mysteriously spirited off the planet, out of society" (Sacks, 2006, p. xii). But autistic children do grow up, but they dont grow
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