Picture and pattern …

… How an Entirely New, Autistic Way of Thinking Powers Silicon Valley | Wired Opinion | Wired.com. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Once I realized that thinking in patterns might be a third category, alongside thinking in pictures and thinking in words, I started seeing examples everywhere. (At this point, this third category is only a hypothesis, though I’ve found scientific support for it. It has transformed my thinking about autistic people’s strengths.)