Wyn Galbraith

Finding myself in Temple Grandin's words

Revisado: 10-08-16

Where does The Autistic Brain rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book ranks top of my list. All my life I thought I was strange, inside, where no one knew but me that I felt I didn't belong here. After watching Temple's TED talk, I got curious. Things she said rang childhood memories of the fight to fit in, to appear 'normal'. I got this audiobook.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Autistic Brain?

Realizing that I am high on the spectrum, that my life of struggles to understand how to fit in, without telling anyone I didn't fit in and faked it, was because I think differently.

Which scene was your favorite?

My career in the computer hardware/software field was mostly because I can see patterns. I am a pattern-thinker. At one interview I was asked 'do you see patterns' I said yes, I got hired, not knowing that this was a trait of the Autistic Spectrum. I also get to work early, stay longer, etc.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes. Hard to stop listening as the world unfolded for me in a new amazing way.

Any additional comments?

It's strange to find out in retirement at 66 that the things I felt were an internal private hidden disability I couldn't explain to anyone, was just that I was on the spectrum. I figured out how to communicate, struggled though life, on last job I was called a 'loose cannon' and then find out there's a solid reason for that turbulence. Thank you Temple Grandin for being the voice in my darkness and leading me to the light.I do not look at being on the spectrum as a disability, it is a condition of my brain that is an unrecognized ability and unappreciated by 'normal' people. The world needs to change it's view of Autism from a bad thing to being one of acceptance, not trying to change Autistic people, to try and see what great things that person can do. See the abilities each one holds and feed that. I say this not because I now know I'm on the spectrum. I've always felt that way, that Autistic & Down's Syndrome are more of a communication problem. There's a person in those people, a person who we can't communicate with sometimes. There are more un-diagnosed people on the spectrum, called Asperger's Syndrome, then we know.

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Revisado: 12-19-07

Eric Brighteyes is a Viking type tale told in an old way with all the twists, turns and tragedy of a Shakespearian saga.

The narration done by Shelly Frasier makes the told tale even more absorbing and attention binding. Her voice and way of speaking for this book was perfectly matched. I enjoyed every word and cried at the end for Eric Brighteyes and Gudruda the Fair.

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