Throughout her 30-year career, Grandin - one of the most accomplished, well-known adults living with autism - has worked to learn the minds of various animals, including dogs, cats, horses, tigers, pigs and cattle. She has sought to find how emotions govern behaviors in animals.
Over time, she has learned that animals' thought process is more akin to a person with autism.
"The common link is that I'm a very visual thinker," she said. "Like animals don't think in language, neither do I. We're not literal thinkers, our thoughts come in pictures, sounds and touches."
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