Mary Temple Grandin, a girl born in 1947, barely uttered a word until she was four years old. Although she was born with Autism
Spectrum Disorcer, Temple used her autistic abilities as best she could, specifically the ability to “think in pictures,” to her advantage. For example, she expounded issues that were invisible to a neurotypical person. She is now a world renowned doctor of animal science, an activist for autistic people, and a professor at Colorado State University. She first became famous when renowned Neurologist, Oliver Sacks, mentioned her uniqueness in his essay “An Anthropologist from Mars” that was published in 1995 and made Temple an immediate sensation.
Summary of Temple Grandin:
1. The film starts off with …show more content…
Carlock asks Temple what she is interested in and explains how she can work with cattle in college, encouraging her to do so)
• Difficulty coping with change is a key piece that stops children with ASD from continuing their education (Temple shows signs of this when she is doesn 't want to go to college because she likes high school)
Treatment-Medication
Treatment- Teaching adaptive skills to increase dependence
References
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