Grandin, who has autism, has put her visual thinking skills to work during a career in which she has developed cattle handling equipment and earned a doctorate in animal science from the University of ...

Researchers at UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) and UNC's School of Education report that teaching independence to adolescents with autism can provide a crucial boost to ...

Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with best-selling author and scientist Temple Grandin about her new book, “Visual Thinking,” which broadens the conversation on ...

Temple Grandin has never stopped following—and driving—the research on what makes minds tick. In both professional and popular circles, she is the voice on visual thinking. Have you ever asked ...

Renowned advocate for autism and animal welfare, Dr. Temple Grandin, visited Rockford for the first time. “Everything I think about it’s a picture my memories, like a whole bunch of phone pictures,” ...

Are you neat and tidy and learn best by reading books and listening? Or are you creative, maybe a little messy, enjoy things like puzzles or chess and prefer to learn through charts and diagrams? If ...

It was a dream to be asked by the Smithsonian to paint a portrait of disability icon Temple Grandin. Here's what I hope you see in this painting.

We live in a language-dominated world that tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace - even though visual thinkers constitute a far greater ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect a person’s life in several ways. For example, ASD can affect the way someone communicates, interacts with others, and ...

Like many people with autism, Temple Grandin thinks in pictures. In her new book, “Visual Thinking,” Grandin writes that she sees the world “in a series of associated visual images.” She adds it’s ...