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    Temple Grandin is a movie that is based on a true story of a girl who was diagnosed with autism and schizophrenia. According to her doctor, he says that she may never speak again and refers her to institution. Her mother refuses the doctor’s advice and at the age of four, Temple begins to speak. After Temple was expelled from her previous school, her mother took her to a boarding school called Hampshire Country. This is where she met her mentor and science teacher, Dr. Carlock. He had a great impact

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    Temple Grandin, a movie about a young girl with autism facing a hard life, was directed by Mick Jackson. It is a movie that shows the struggles that Temple Grandin overcomes to produces one of the nation's best slaughterhouse designs, become an autism advocate, motivational speaker, and award winning author. The 2010 film shows the physiological cognitive theory throughout it all. The first time we see the cognitive perspective is when Temple Grandin she sees the man dressed like a cowboy. The cognitive

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    perspective on Autism Spectrum Disorder. Temple Grandin is a very unique and inspirational character. I have met many individuals living with this disorder, but had never fully understood it quite the way Grandin is able to express it to the audience. I gained a new understanding of the daily challenges that higher functioning individuals with this disorder face. It also gave me a more clearer understanding of the differences in the operation of our brains. Grandin portrays her disability in a positive

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    Dr Temple Grandin Autism

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    Dr. Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism in the early 1950s. Although autism was discovered decades before this, the disorder wasn’t truly understood as people were panicking and blaming it on whatever seemed logical at the time. Grandin’s mother was labeled a “refrigerator mother,” which means she was thought to be a closed, distant mother who paid little attention to her daughter. This “abandonment” caused an increase in antisocial and repetitive behaviors associated with the disorder. Decades

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    Oliver Sacks writes this passage near the end of his book taking to Temple Grandin. He describes his feeling about the universe and how tries to understand it better. The sentence structure in this passage is very unique. Oliver uses very small sentences then he suddenly jumps to big sentences. Also, he writes a lot of questions to make the reader think effectively and question themselves what certain things mean. Every sentence Oliver writes has a deeper meaning behind it. The sentences are very

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    The work of Temple Grandin Mary Temple Grandin, also known as Temple Grandin was born August 29th, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts. When she was younger she was different from the other children and they made that known. They called her a number of name but some are: "Retard" and "Tape recorder". Temple was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome, where she had a lack of speech and sensitivity to touch. She has made a change not only for the cattle and pigs but for the slaughterhouses

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    Thinking In Pictures In Temple Grandin’s book Thinking In Pictures- My Life With Autism, she describes her life living with autism in great detail. As a young child, Temple always knew she was different and wasn’t exactly sure why she didn’t think or feel like others around her. Temple Grandin is very well known in the cattle and farming industry but is most well known for a devise she created called, “the squeeze machine”. Her work to make the slaughter of cattle more humane has not gone unnoticed

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    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. Temple developed understanding of her disability so she knew what was different than the other kids. Bill Dickerman the director of admissions is talking about

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    Temple Grandin Imagine a classroom full of students. The projector is buzzing, students are writing, the computer is whirling, the lights are flickering. In the back, two kids a whispering. The walls are covered in bright posters. The lesson is on the board in three colors, and someone is blowing their nose. Most students can block out all these distractions, and pay attention to the lesson. For someone with autism, all this sensory input could cause overload. The student may have trouble looking

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    scientist, researchers ad engineers that live with ASD. One of the most influential being, Temple Grandin, who engineered new humane ways for livestock in the agriculture industry and had gone on to be a motivational speaker and written books about living with her disease. Christopher Boone, the narrator in the novel, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, is on the same track that Temple Grandin was once on. In many instances individuals with autism are seen as being incapable of achieving

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