Dr. Grandin believes if they were alive today Albert Einstein, Mozart, and Nikola Tesla would probably be diagnosed as autistic. We have all kinds of need today for people that can do mechanical things like fix elevators, build equipment for factories. Engineering is not all mathematics. And my kind of minds get screened out because we can't do algebra.
Best-selling author, scientist, and trailblazer in autism research, Dr. Temple Grandin’s new book “Visual Thinking” draws on cutting-edge research and her own lived experience to reframe the conversation on neurodiversity and different types of thinkers.