A review by val_halla
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin

4.0

A must-read for any pet owner, farmer, livestock owner, breeder, or slaughterhouse worker. Grandin provides a lot of valuable insight into animal behavior, while simultaneously enlightening readers about human psychology and learning disabilities/differences. The only complaint I had is that the author frequently makes statements such as "I don't know if this is true for all animals, but..." or "I don't know for sure if [species:] does this too," which seemed like incomplete researching. If you don't know, why comment on it? And most of the things she claimed not to know could be easily discovered with a little investigation. This aspect made the text seem a bit unprofessional, but overall I was amazed that a person with a disability defined by language difficulties was able to write such a comprehensible book.