...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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...Case Study Of Templin Grandin’s Challenge To Live And Succeed With Autism University Name: Student ID: Project Name Abstract The following paper reflects the life and challenges 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...
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...Asperger’s Syndrome and Acting “…the only person who stands in the way of your achieving something is you.” Temple Grandin, (Developing Talents). What if I told you one out of every 68 people possesses an incurable disorder? ( CDC) Not to worry, it isn’t contagious. This disorder is Autism. Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) has many different levels of diagnosis, and persons diagnosed with this disease have varying levels of function as far as cognitive and behavioral symptoms. I am going to be focusing on one of the higher functioning diagnostic levels: Asperger’s syndrome and whether persons diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome can be successful in the performing arts. Asperger’s syndrome is a level of diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum disorder....
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