Scientist says autism provides insight into the world viewed by animals

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Animal scientist Temple Grandin often drops to her hands and knees to crawl through chutes in meat processing plants, striving to see the world the way pigs do — and fix what’s spooking them. Sometimes it’s the reflection on a puddle of water. Sometimes it’s a change in floor surface, or a sudden draft of air. Sometimes it’s a tiny piece of flapping plastic that no human would notice.

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