Saying that a whole style of learning for neurodivergent folks like Temple Grandin is kinda misguided. They don't need to learn by doing by everything, and I'm sure you knew that.
It's even more nuanced than that, there's the type of task, the person's learning style, the makeup of the specific task, the manner of feedback from performing it, whether there's flexibility in performing it quickly or slowly. Only chronic take-havers and bloggers will reduce it to one or two variables.