Sequence and Consequence: Transposing Responsive Actions into Provocations in Forensic and Clinical Encounters Involving Youths with Autism

In her book Thinking in Pictures, Temple Grandin (2006, pp. 154–155) describes the problems that “rigid thinking” can create in the social lives of autistic adults. She recounts how one young man “became romantically interested in a girl and went to her house wearing a football helmet to disguise himself. He thought it would be alright to look in her windows. In his literal, visual mind he thought that since he would not be recognized, it was okay to stand outside and watch for her.”