Temple Grandin and Christopher Boone - similarities

- very smart - don't like being touched - have difficulty understanding emotion - like being on their own - like animals - photographic memory - fear of social situations - think in pictures - fear of strangers - stress for parents - late social development - can be upset / set off easily - very particular about food - from single parent home - like solving certain kinds of puzzles - very specific interests - seem nosy / asks lots of questions