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Part Three: Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Thinking in Pictures"

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I much prefer to talk to people on the phone than do correspondence by email.

But people reach out to you, they want to keep a connection with you?

Yes, if they give me phone numbers then I answer back. I don't do so well with email.

If you could, would you give up your autism and live a more traditional, conventional life?

No, I would not. I think I don't like the vague ways, the fuzzy thinking of normal people.

What haven't I covered that you'd like to talk about?

Mainly this article is about autism?

Yes. The human connection and how we all think differently and what you've done with that is the most fascinating aspect for me.

One of the things I'm most concerned about in the educational system is they're taking all the hands on courses out - things like art, music, welding, shop, wood shop, automobile mechanics shop. When I was in elementary school, art was my favorite class. And I think that's a real shame.

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)
 

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