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

4.0

This was an easy read, with lots of interesting illustrative stories along the way. My issues with the book were two-fold. Some of her claims around autism are not things I have experienced with friends and relatives who have autism so I found her generalizations sometimes hard to swallow. The other was all the descriptions of how she has helped to make slaughterhouses more humane. She provides an explanation of how she can work with slaughterhouses as an animal lover but it was just a little tough to get through those parts. Still, her ability to bring together a ton of research on various aspects of the animal and human brains made this a super worthwhile read.