Part 2 Interview with Dr. Temple Grandin

Welcome to Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Temple Grandin. Based initially on a discussion of her recent book Autism and Adolescence, in this second half of our conversation, we discuss issues that branch across many of her works, including Visual Thinking, The Loving Push, and The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships. Along the way we explore questions such as overcoming barriers to communication and cognitive tasks for non verbal autistics, the balance of medication, meditation and other options for coexisting conditions with autism, and the early pathways to employment, as well as the important role autistic individuals have in the workplace. Come along for a n informative, wide-ranging, and insightful look at autistic topics the way Dr. Grandin sees them.

Books and Articles Cited:

Environmental Enrichment as an Effective Treatment for Autism. Cynthia Woo and Michael Leon. Behavioral Neuroscience © 2013 American Psychological Association2013, Vol. 127, No. 4, 487– 497

Grandin, Temple. Autism and Adolescence: The Way I See It. What Teens and Adults need to Know. Future Horizons, 2024.

Grandin, Temple, and Debra Moore. The Loving Push: How Parents and Professionals Can Help Spectrum Kids Become Successful Adults. Future Horizons, 2015. 

Grandin, Temple. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People who Think in Pictures, Patterns and Abstractions. New York: Riverhead Books, 2022.

Grandin, Temple, and Sean Barron.The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships. Future Horizons, 2005.