The World Needs All Kinds Of Minds

The Case of Temple Grandin paints a picture of a young woman’s determination and hard work while struggling with autism during a time when the disorder was unknown. This case discusses Grandin’s challenges, early diagnosis, growth and development in school, and support from her mother. Temple Grandin could not speak like the other children at the age of two, so because doctors could not find any physical issues she had been subsequently labeled as brain-damaged. To communicate with others, she would throw tantrums and scream. She could speak by three and a half years old with the help of speech therapy. A few years later at the age of five, Grandin was diagnosed with autism so her mother worked with her 30

Temple Grandin’s autobiographical book, Thinking in Pictures, opened the door that revealed the true aspects of autism. The author, who is an autistic woman, portrayed autism not as a complicated developmental disorder but as a unique characteristic that is a compliment to society. To break apart from society’s stereotype on autistic individuals, Temple focused her book on issues such as how her disorder was initially misdiagnosed, her issues with learning acceptable behavior and social cues, her connection with animal minds, sensory sensitivities, and explored the possible treatments with medication.

According to Barnes “Autism is found throughout the world in families of all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.”(Barnes 2015). Grandin also explains her experiences living with autism in her novel Thinking in Pictures. Grandin acquired her the ability to create and imagine through her visual thinking. In contrast, one barrier that hindered her was her inability to comprehend or associate social cues and emotion to a picture. With this in mind, Grandin using her natural talents to learn enabled her to push through what most people consider an accessibility issue.

Temple Grandin provides the information in a very clear and coherent manner, keeping a firm order and not drifting from her specific topic points. The topic of the book is very originally and she makes it even more creative by providing real life situations that she has experienced, not only with her autism, but with her career as well. Grandin avoids the use of colloquial words, contractions, and abbreviations. She uses passive voice when referring to scientific information and uses complex sentences. Grandin makes her points clear with great amounts of confidence

Autism has made some people's lives living nightmares, but most learned to deal with the exceptions. There are even some people that used their autism for the good and helped many people. Einstein and temple grandin are two of the many that successfully functioned with autism. Their brilliance helped redefine the capabilities of autism.

Born in 1949, Temple Grandin was first diagnosed with brain damage at the age of three and then, at the age of five, labeled Autistic. Today Temple Grandin, self-labeled as a recovered autistic, is a well-respected doctor in animal science, a professor at Colorado State University, a bestselling author, an autism activist, and a leading consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. While it is easily argued that Temple Grandin’s life does not represent the norm for most children with autism, her autobiography, Emergence: Labeled Autistic (1986) offers a powerful picture of the influences and experiences that steered Temple through her journey ‘emerging’ from

Autism has affected a lot of people and their families. Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be seen as a negative condition to have, it can serve as something good for other things. One person who took advantage of her condition and experience is Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado University. She is a consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior and an autism spokesperson. Temple Grandin has contributed to the autism community by inventing the squeeze machine for people with autism. That machine provides deep pressure stimulation to calm people with autism since it reduces tension and anxiety. She used the machine herself for many years. Temple Grandin has also worked as a consultant

Temple Grandin writes in her narrative, Thinking In Pictures, about her own life and experiences with high-functioning Autism. Grandin’s take on her diagnosis is an in-depth description of everything she went through, good and bad. She talks about the troubles and hardships of a woman with Autism, but also the things that she strived in. Along with her own experiences, she also provides helpful strategies for others with autism, and discusses things that were beneficial for her own experience.

Temple Grandin was an autistic who despite her difficulties was able to turn it around and become successful. Many people have autism and are very smart but Temple Grandin became successful and changed many people's lives for the better. Temple Grandin possesses empathy understanding and commonalities that make her a great role model.

The book, Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, written by Dr. Temple Grandlin, is the story of her life as she struggled to succeed in the world as an individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In the book, she focuses on major issues that she was faced with from when she was young all the way till her current age. These issues include her early school experiences, dating, religion, college life, and her career. Dr. Grandlin also puts much emphasis on the medical aspects of Autism and her perspective of how the world works according to an autistic brain.

“Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don 't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn 't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks’, Temple Grandin. (Grandin, 2013) Born on August 29, 1947, Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism as a young child. As Temple grew, she began pursuing work in psychology as well as animal science. Temple Grandin, with being autistic, has become a leading advocate for autistic communities around the world. She has opened the eyes of so many individuals, as well as teaching one how to improve the life of an autistic child. It is important to be able to make a connection and work with an autistic child behaviorally, socially, and using sensory techniques. While not every autistic child enjoys creating different pieces of art, autistic children will benefit from art therapy in many different ways; it can assist with language, children may be able to express themselves in a nonverbal way, and most children like enjoy experimenting with art.

This theory helps explain why an individual on the spectrum focuses on small details rather than the full picture. IF the individual’s central coherence is strong, then s/he can see the big picture or catch to general gist. Those with weak central coherence focus on the details rather than the big picture to gather meaning. This theory offers an explanation of why a child with autism focuses on the details and gets overwhelmed if their schedule is changed in the slightest way. This also begins to account for the behavioral impairments that are associated with autism spectrum disorders by explaining why the individuals are so particular about how they interact with the world around them.

The theory of mind is a concept that is multidimensional and multidirectional. There are many definitions that exist, but there are some of the key aspects that can be used to create a definition. The theory of mind can be defined as an ability to acknowledge and understand your own personal beliefs, knowledge, ideas, perspectives and various mental states such as emotions and levels of consciousness. A person will use their theory of mind to then apply and understand these aspects that apply to you and your thoughts are different from other people’s, and can thus lead to a sense of empathy and understanding. A lack of theory of mind can create social tension and exclusion if it is not applied well enough for an individual to engage in cultural

Social imagination allows us to understand and predict other people’s behaviour. It also helps us to make sense of abstract ideas, and to imagine situations outside our immediate daily routine. This impairment of imagination is also known as `inflexibility of thought` and can affect people with autism in different ways. This can make it difficult to:

The Age of Insight covers a wide range of topics but mostly focuses on the functions of the brain and how the brain perceives art. Both the functions and perception of art by the brain can be correlated to emotions which are the basis of all actions and thoughts, being studied by scientists, philosophers, and neurologists throughout the decades. Most people take understanding and perceiving emotions for granted, but what if we could not recognize the emotions and feelings of others, much less ourselves? This is the struggle that children and young adults with autism are faced with everyday.