...hypersensitivity, and uniqueness itself. Just like the blind have amazing audition, people who have the social phobia or autism may be exceedingly creative. The film Temple Grandin, directed by Mick Jackson, perfectly illustrates that a girl named Temple Grandin, who actually is an autistic person, grows with fear, doubt, and loneliness but overcomes her autism and achieves great scientific accomplishments. Temple could not speak until age four. When her mom takes her to the psychiatrist, Temple is diagnosed with autism. Instead of following the advice of the doctor, her mom insists on sending Temple to school, rather than an institution for special children. Temple never wants to be touched by any other people except herself, not even her mother. She is willing to spin or put herself in a narrow “squeeze machine”, which can make her calmed and satisfied. Temple’s mind works like pictures. She is a “visual thinker” who thinks and memorizes things like taking pictures. Temple’s life is not easy and happy. In the film, she is laughed at by her classmates and she is even regarded as a freak because she is weird and behaves differently. However, Temple’s high school teacher Carlock notices she has amazing abilities and she is also fascinated by science, so he wants to foster Temple and takes care of this girl. To everyone’s surprise, Temple, as a graduate student, works as a consultant of companies to improve cattle’s environment. Using her visual thinking, she builds a long and curly channel...
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...Temple Grandin is a very smart unique individual with autism who overcome the limitations imposed on her by her condition to become a Ph.D. and expert in the field of animal husbandry. She has a great ability to look at pictures and memorize what she looked at which is called photogenic memory. From the time she was born she didn’t know how or wanted affection in anyway she didn’t want to be touched she couldn’t look anyone in the eyes and had a lack of social skills which is all characteristics of autism. She did not speak at the age of 4 which doctors told her mom she would be better of institutionalized and that she would possibly never talk lets just say they had very low expectations of her, her mother refused to believe it and continued to work with her which is one of...
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...Temple Grandin’s Innovation Before the works of Temple Grandin, animal welfare struggled immensely. It was an ethical problem that many struggled with fixing, but Temple Grandin persevered through the challenges that faced her in order to improve animal well being. She was very tenacious to achieve her goal. In addition, Temple Grandin had to overcome countless obstacles throughout her career. When she was young, she was diagnosed with autism. Her disease made it harder to socialize which is why she grew a close appreciation to animals. Later on, she went to college and studied animals science. After discovering problems about how live stock were being treated, she took the initiative into designing and improving animal conditions. Throughout...
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...Dr. Temple Grandin Dr. Temple Grandin is most likely the most famous autistic individual ever. She has overcome great obstacles from the time she was born and still works hard today to fit into the world. She is extremely intelligent and has a PhD in Animal Science. If it wasn’t for the support of her family and a few teachers, her success may have never happened due to her disability. Heredity and Environment Occasionally, a person’s developing psychology can be explained thru inherited genes or traits from parents or other relatives. Autism has shown some signs of heredity when both sides of a child’s family have autism in their history. However, in Temple Grandin’s case, there was not a known history of autism. There has been some speculation that autism is more likely to occur when the child’s parents are highly intelligent in the fields of math and science. Temple’s father was a real estate agent and her mother was a singer, and English Major from Harvard. While environmental factors have not been ruled out as a cause or contributing factor for autism, Temple, herself, has not decided if she believes there are environmental factors that contributed to her autism. However, she does believe that adding Omega 3 and special diets like gluten free can help some people or children with autism. Family and Social Support When Temple was a young toddler, her mother was concerned about her development and took her to a doctor. The doctor told Temple’s Mother that...
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...faced by a character “Temple Grandin” who was born with a condition known as Autism. It is state of human disorder in which one suffers from lack of verbal and nonverbal communication, social impairments, difficulty in speech and repetitive behavior. Despite all odds of being born as a troubled child, Temple Grandin manages to pass all school levels and earn her doctorate degree. The paper is about the determination and spirit of being acknowledged in the society where everyone rejects a person carrying any severe disability. Temple Grandin, who could not use words to express herself and could not even speak for several years in the beginning had this astonishing power of creating images of the world and people near to her in her mind and express her views in pictorial form and recalling them without thought. She developed an immense love for animals, especially livestock destined for slaughterhouses. The paper is about how well a person get out of a state of ridicule for others and proves her extraordinary skills of communication and intelligence on preconceived norms of autism. The paper also narrates the extensive work of Temple Grandin on cattle and livestock industry where she employed her unique view of the world to figure out how to deal and move cattle more humanely and efficiently. The social life of Temple Grandin starts with her loving and kind mother, followed by a very supportive teacher at a progressive boarding school which understands the Temple way of thinking and...
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...Maiden Rose R. Flores TTH-7:30-9:00 BSSW-II General Psychology Temple Grandin I never thought that there is a true to life story like this exist. Before, I misunderstand people who have such brain defects yes I judge them! I discriminate them I thought would never understand how they feel and why they act like that and how did people get such a disease they seem not normal and sometimes I fear them, and always ignore them. But in this subject of General psychology it enlightens me and helps me change my perspective through people with brain dis orders. Temple Grandin, a young autistic woman, is extraordinarily gifted. She has a remarkable connection to animals and a brilliant mind. With the help of a supportive family and one progressive teacher, century America, Temple Grandin has outstanding performances, a commitment to telling an important and fascinating true story, and fine production values all around. It succeeds on every level and, at the same time, manages to avoid all the clichés, sentimentalism, and often quirky acting associated with many movies about autism and other mental challenges. he did not speak until age four and had difficulty right through high school, mostly in dealing with people. Her mother was very supportive as were some of her teachers...
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...engage others in conversation. In the book Look Me in the Eye, John Elder said, “Sometimes I think I can relate better to a good machine than any kind of person” (Robison 151). John Elder didn’t really understand people; he tried to, but people would just shut him down and not talk to him. Machines were pretty much his friends; therefore, he lacked the ability to make friends. Second, people with social problems can get bullied, and it can make them feel uncomfortable. For example, children with social problems can get bullied for being too smart, or talking too much about a certain subject. Temple Grandin was bullied a lot when the schools administration took her squeeze machine out of her room. One of the girls in her dorm mumbled under her breath that she was a pervert (Temple Grandin). The girl thought Temple’s squeeze machine was some kind of sex machine, so she talked about Temple under her breath. Even this subtle comment can be...
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...the way they live, the way they interact with other people and the way they develop their skills. A typical neurologist spend most of the their time in hospitals or clinics treating their patients, just like Dr. Sacks did for twenty five years. It was not until now, when he stopped treating patients in hospitals. The reason he chose to approach his patients this way is to explore his subjects’ lifestyles. Nevertheless, it gives him a better chance to get to know the different types of mental disordered people and how each and everyone of them develop other forms of life. However, his intentions are not only to explore the complexity of the mental disease; he connects with his patients in special ways. Like in the case of Temple Grandin, one of the most remarkable autistic person Dr. Sacks met; had and extraordinary mind but couldn’t express feelings nor understand it. She also presented fear...
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...Sacks is definitely unlike any book I have ever read before. The books that interest me are usually fiction/fantasy or romantic. I like to think of myself as quite skilled in the subject of English and Literature, so I figured I could just grin and bear it and get through this reading easily using my same old strategies. I immediately found out that this was not going to be the case. Sacks is clearly a well-educated and experienced man, and it shows in his writing. A lot of the vocabulary utilized stumped me to the point where it made grasping the gist of the reading difficult. Although I have to admit once I got past the boring introduction of Temple Grandin’s autism, I was quite interested in reading more. I was very interested in reading and learning about autism once I was able to focus. The reading is about Temple Grandin, a high-functioning autistic, who has accomplished a variety of things in her life. I had never heard of her before but after reading this chapter I was very interested in her and autism itself. I happen to know some people that are autistic so this reading definitely allowed me to empathize more with them now that I understood their condition. One specific thing I learned which I thought was interesting was that individuals with autism often experience other disorders. “The genetic form may be associated, in the affected individual or family, with other genetic disorders, such as dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder...
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...This 2010 film involves an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry (IMDb, n.d.). Temple Grandin is a woman who refused to let her disorder limit her true potential (Rotten Tomatoes, 2018). Temple demonstrates the different components and adversity faced in individuals who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In fact, Temple’s “going through doors” becomes a metaphor for overcoming the challenges she faces in her day-to-day life (Hogrefe, 2014). The film allows the audience to experience the world must like Temple does while recounting her colorful life and remarkable achievements from childhood to adulthood (Rotten Tomatoes, 2018). It is an eye-opening experience to see the impact...
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...Temple Grandin: A Game Change Temple Grandin, this is a name that inspires the impossible. A woman, deemed unfit to be an active part of society, changed not only the face of autism but the treatment of animals in the United States. She overcame her dysfunction and changed the way others thought of the ‘disease’. The film Temple Grandin (2010) emphasizes not only Grandin’s ideas but also her drive and her feministic approach. Temple Grandin is a master of compromise. We see Temple Grandin's love for animals as well as her compromising viewpoint displayed in the film as well as the text. This demonstrated in the Wildlife text when she discusses the idea of poaching, she understands that these animals are being killed because it is profitable...
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...Reflection: Temple Grandin Before watching the movie, I have never heard of it before. I never knew it existed. Temple Grandin is another inspiring movie that I have been glad to have watched. It deals with the autism of a woman and tells the inspiration true story of her. Temple Grandin, a young autistic woman, is extraordinarily gifted. She has a remarkable connection to animals and a brilliant mind. This biopic follows Temple from her late teens -- as she struggles with both her own limitations and some narrow-mindedness in the communities around her -- to her startling first accomplishments. With the help of a supportive family and one progressive teacher, Temple tackles misconceptions about her condition, the sexism of mid-20th century America, and the rigid, insensitive methods of the cattle industry. Director Mick Jackson and his team use flashbacks, audacious visual effects, and the talents of Danes in the title role to bring the audience into Temple's world as she finds her calling as a game-changing scientist and as she ultimately learns to accept herself as a force of nature. Temple Grandin has outstanding performances, a commitment to telling an important and fascinating true story, and fine production values all around. It succeeds on every level and, at the same time, manages to avoid all the clichés, sentimentalism, and often quirky acting associated with many movies about autism and other mental challenges. he did not speak until age four and had difficulty...
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...Temple Grandin is a woman who was born with autism and Michael is a child that is showing psychopathic tendencies at a very young age. These two people are extremely different but at the same time very similar. As a child Temple was extremely violent and angry all of the time. This is very similar to how Michael behaved as a young child, screaming and throwing tantrums multiple times a day for no real reason. Temple and Michael are also similar in that they do not understand human emotions, they cannot apprehend normal human relationships and interactions and they work to memorize and utilize them properly. They differ in their motives, Temple does this to function more properly in everyday life and Michael, to better manipulate people and...
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...Autism now affects 1 in 68 children and 1 in 42 boys. This is just one fact about why autism is getting more popular and more popular as the days go on. That is why I am explaining the best medium and that is the movie Temple Grandin which explains autism better than The Curious Incident. The movie Temple Grandin had how autistic people communicate, their emotions, and how they are social compared to the book The Curious Incident where it only shows just some information on how autistic people communicate. I will be giving quotes from the movie explaining why the movie Temple Grandin is better.showing autism. The movie Temple Grandin best shows people communicate. A scene where you saw communication was shown at the very end of the movie when Temple was at an autism convention and people around her were discussing how to help their kids autism. Temple just stand up and say some intelligent things and then said she had autism and they all didn't believe her. I picked this part because it shows Temple talking and how it is not much different all from someone without autism. This is showing why communication in the movie was more understandable than just reading The Curious Incident....
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...“Thinking in pictures” by Temple Grandin. This book is a successful story of how autism turned out to be an advantage for one girl, the author of the book. This book also talks about the author’s mother who set a great example to other parents of children diagnosed with autism and gives an approach that is not very common on how to deal with this condition. I purposely chose to read this book because it closely relates to my current job as Instructional Assistant lll, which embraces working with autistic and emotionally disturbed children. In the book the mother is pictured with a never give up attitude towards her daughter’s disorder....
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