First, people who can't draw well aren't seeing the world as it really is. ... Lastly, they recommend thinking of "lines" as what they really are — boundaries between light and dark areas.

Drawings tell a lot about what we are thinking. The patterns we draw on paper can lead to the discovery of our biases, ... It is called draw a house-tree- person (Buck, 1984).

People without autism may have some specialization, but people with autism are often on the extreme end of a continuum. A pattern-thinking child typically has great ability in math and difficulty ...