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Dr. Grandin: I think we just need
to get everybody out there doing
things. More time outside is good
and giving people a sense of purpose
is important. I went to a place
that has a group home for people
that have severe intellectual disabilities.
They had a workshop where
they made artwork and sold it. You
see, that's something real. It's not
just busy work - it's something
that has a purpose.
P&R: We are excited to
have you as one of the
marquee speakers at
the 2022 NRPA Annual
Conference in September.
What are you most
looking forward to at the
conference?
Dr. Grandin: One of the things
I want to talk about is different
kinds of thinking and how there
are different kinds of minds. I've
got a new book coming out shortly
after the conference on October
11, called Visual Thinking: The
Hidden Gifts of People Who Think
in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions.
In the book, I talk about
how different people have different
ways of thinking.
I used to think everybody
thought in pictures. The movie
Temple Grandin shows perfectly
how I think, and I thought everybody
thought that way. I was
shocked that some people think
in words. And I discovered that
in my late 30s. You have visual
thinkers that like building things
and mechanics. Then you have
the visual-spatial thinkers that are
good at patterns, math and music.
And you've got people that think
in words. Individuals that have
a label often are more extreme.
They might be an extreme mathematician.
They might be an extreme
picture thinker like me, or
there are some that are extreme
word thinkers, good at language.
The first step is to become aware
that different types of minds exist.
To hear Dr. Grandin talk more
about different types of thinking,
tune in to the September bonus
episode of Open Space Radio
at
nrpa.org/September2022Bonus
Episode.
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