I agree that Grandin can be a bit rigid... but that's part of the package, no? And her experience is fairly close to mine.
That's why it's so useful that so many perspectives are now available. You can take what's useful and ignore the rest.
Grandin's emphasis on "we are all visual thinkers" doesn't really work here (DS learns in many ways, and the visual cue cards people use with autistic kids drive him nuts). But if she happens to provide useful help for you, use it!!! Her mother also has a book out, I believe; I haven't read it yet.
DeeDee
