Lizzie:

Thanks to the NPR link for the audio for Temple Grandin's appearance. Sure hope they provide it. I taped it on my mp3 player but it's a bit fuzzy since I don't have good reception at work.

Meanwhile, as for the Stephen Wiltshire link, it sure seems to bear out Temple Grandin's description of 'thinking in pictures'.

The great inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla described his inventive process as one of visualizing his creations. He may have been a candidate for high functioning autist.