Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior

Repetitious in stye, probably due to Temple Grandid's affliction. I am very surprised, given her love of cows how she works with slaughter houses to improve their standards. Fascinating.

Readers of Oliver Sacks' books will be familiar with the outline of Temple Grandin's life. She is a high-functioning autist who has some useful and powerful insights into her own condition, some interesting theories of how animals see, feel, and behave. Well worth the time.

Temple Grandin doesn't pretend to be a Horse Whisperer or Animal Psychic, or that she was born to do this work. Thank goodness. I'm getting tired of all the psychics coming out of the closet. She understands animals the old fashioned way, she notices their behavior. I think I can improve my own understanding of animals and learn from her. The book's first pages grabbed me. Her writing style is a...more

Temple Grandin doesn't pretend to be a Horse Whisperer or Animal Psychic, or that she was born to do this work. Thank goodness. I'm getting tired of all the psychics coming out of the closet. She understands animals the old fashioned way, she notices their behavior. I think I can improve my own understanding of animals and learn from her. The book's first pages grabbed me. Her writing style is a tiny bit awkward but still it's clear and informative, and I need this information.   hide

This book really hit home for me, makes so much sense, I especially love the part where she breaks down the 100+ question audit down to just a few questoins. Just goes to show how much people can overthink and complicate things.

I enjoyed this enough. I found her writing style a little hard to get into (she repeats things a lot). However, this was a pretty good book.