As Living in Pictures, My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin talks a great deal about her specific mind works, I noticed that some other people’s books focus on how the mind of a regular American works. This is brought up in terms of thinking in general, and thinking to create ideas about history and today’s media.
One response that I really saw a connection is was Jennifer J’s response on the book, Where Good Ideas Come From by Johnson. In her response, Jennifer mentions how the author mainly talks about what types of environments effect the brain and creates more ideas. Ideas are key here and working with other people are how we work better together. However, I noticed the contrast with what Temple Grandin talks about in the book I read. She is speaking of people with autism, and there is a vast difference in the way in which their brains work. People with autism would not fit well in this working environment because of the lack of communication skills they have. It is more difficult to them to connect and make conversation with people. However, it is easy to connect with objects and places just like Temple connects with the cattle she works with and the plant she works on.
Most humans work very well together to connect their ideas and make them better, but because of the concentration and devotion people with autism have, they are able to come up with ideas and make discoveries or inventions that are just as insightful and creative without the help of other humans. I thought these two contrasting points were very interesting because of the way it displays Temple Grandin challenging the status quo, and for that matter, all autistic people, because of how they make use of their brains.
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