It freezes to make its decision and decide what to do. “It doesn't behave like a robot,” explains Grandin. His thoughts are based on the logic of the situation as he decides what to do. Grandin compares autistic thinking to this. Their thinking is able to separate emotions from decision-making and act only based on the logic of the situation. Grandin recognizes that people with autism think differently than those without, however, in the majority of his article, he categorizes people as different types of thinkers. Within the article he classifies people as linguistic, visual or audio thinkers. Why would Temple Grandin classify people this way instead of just keeping them autistic and autistic? Grandin's use of "thinkers" is due to the fact that everyone thinks differently, regardless of whether they are autistic or not. Classify into these types of thinkers to explain how the world looks and sounds to others. Temple Grandin states that "...my thought process is like that of an epidemiologist..." By saying this it is easy to conclude that she follows patterns and categorizes each of them to help her recognize and understand new concepts. She tells us that categorizing helps her compare and contrast things; which helps explain his way of doing things
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