September 28, 2002
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin

BCDC's rating: 3.4

The menu for this meeting: waffles, fruit smoothies, fresh fruit, tea, and more...

The BCDC Reading Guide for Thinking in Pictures:

• What quality or characteristic do you envy about autistics, or at least about Temple Grandin?
• Did anything about her writing style signal her autism to you?
• Did her descriptions of her autistic experiences remind you of your own at all?
• Grandin mentions she's 'celibate.' Do you think she masturbates? How does this relate to her ability to feel joy? Does the hugging machine count as masturbation?
• To me, Grandin didn't seem that odd -- am I just off base? Did I believe the hype?
• Grandin talks about autism being on a spectrum. What separates her from someone normal?
• Did the 'reason-logic-reason-logic-oh-I-believe-in-God' thing seem strange?