I really respect Temple Grandin so I hope that this article's almost nonsensical content is due to it being an excerpt from a book. First, it conflates being s

I really respect Temple Grandin so I hope that this article's almost nonsensical content is due to it being an excerpt from a book. First, it conflates being successful with being an expert. I can be successful at something without being an expert. I can also be an expert and die penniless and unknown. "My brain simply doesn’t work in a way that allows me to write code." There may be some disability that causes this but to counter an anecdote with another one, I think we all know people on the autism spectrum who are excellent programmers. And the fact that a particular person's disability prevents them from doing something says nothing about the rest of the population. These types of articles really bother me because it's a well-known name, in a big "forward thinking" magazine, basically saying if you believe yourself to be "naturally ungifted" it's okay not to try. You have reasons. As someone constantly on the lookout for new things to learn and a brain on the autism spectrum, I can't abide that.