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Crimson Wife Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 A relative who is mostly likely a very high functioning Aspie told me the other day about Temple Grandin's belief that there are 3 kinds of thinking styles among folks "on the spectrum". One is visio-spatial, but the others are pattern thinkers and word thinkers. My relative is the latter- she is very "left-brained", rather hyperlexic, excellent memory for trivia, but poor at spatial reasoning. My little one appears to be a visio-spatial thinker, but I tend to agree with Temple Grandin about there being other thinking styles common among those with ASD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Woods Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 A relative who is mostly likely a very high functioning Aspie told me the other day about Temple Grandin's belief that there are 3 kinds of thinking styles among folks "on the spectrum". One is visio-spatial, but the others are pattern thinkers and word thinkers. My relative is the latter- she is very "left-brained", rather hyperlexic, excellent memory for trivia, but poor at spatial reasoning. My little one appears to be a visio-spatial thinker, but I tend to agree with Temple Grandin about there being other thinking styles common among those with ASD. :iagree: My DD is definitly VSL but in other areas she is a left brain thinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crimson Wife Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Did you feel that The Right Side of Normal was describing more of a single style of thinking for ASD? Yes, the author of the linked blog post overgeneralizes a visio-spatial thinking style as an "autistic" one. It's the 2nd bullet point after this line: "Let’s recap all the autism-related attributes with those that are also right-brained attributes:" And I'm calling B.S. on that assertion. Many individuals on the spectrum are indeed visio-spatial thinkers, but plenty of others fit one of the other thinking styles mentioned by Temple Grandin in her article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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