Cool article out of Salon, surprisingly! Good to see an article highlighting the <<gifts>and not the <<curse>>. I think visually about everything. Mechanically inclined for sure. Things have to balance, even the tension of my shoelaces.

++Yet as Grandin explains in "Visual Thinkers," these years of social torment also helped her develop into the internationally renowned scientist and activist that she is today. Because she was allowed to have hands-on experience learning about the animal industry, she applied her autistic brain in a way that empowered her to develop new technologies and approaches for reducing animal suffering in the livestock trade. Indeed, during her formative years, Grandin had many opportunities to utilize her intellectual powers in constructive ways. Only a year after she was expelled for throwing a book at a child wh…++

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/you-re-a-genius-you-just-don-t-know-it-temple-grandin-on-how-visual-thinkers-see-the-world/ar-AA1347KD?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=908bf079048a4a35bca7bfe0f8c110ac