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Finally, the book ends with an expanded emphasis on Grandin's life and the strengths those with autism have, including attention to detail, pattern identification, and more that benefits them in mainstream society. [9] [10] Grandin suggests as a closing that children should be defined by their strengths rather than by their deficits. [11]
The show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum on PBS, based on this book series, featured Grandin in Season 2, Episode 9 "James Naismith / Temple Grandin." [ 70 ] [ 71 ] In 2024, Grandin was profiled in a biographical chapter bearing her name in the book Don't Mourn for Us: The Autistic Life of Jim Sinclair and an Extraordinary Story of ...
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior is a 2005 book by Temple Grandin and co-written by Catherine Johnson. Animals in Translation explores the similarity between animals and people with autism, a concept that was originally touched upon in Grandin's 1995 book Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism.
"We need different kinds of minds," Temple Grandin says. “We need these different approaches to problem solving.” (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images, Blue Tree Publishing)
Temple Grandin is a 2010 American biographical drama television film directed by Mick Jackson and starring Claire Danes as Temple Grandin, an autistic woman whose innovations revolutionized practices for the humane handling of livestock on cattle ranches and slaughterhouses. It is based on Grandin's memoirs Emergence and Thinking in Pictures.
The library offers several events this week, ranging from a Mini Job Fair to a discussion on the book 'Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism.'
Nov. 2—"I want to see kids like me go out and be successful," said Temple Grandin, the scientist, animal behaviorist and staunch advocate for people with autism who visited Dalton last week. "At ...
Temple Grandin admits "painfully" that observing and then understanding how animals feel has not helped her to better understand human relationships. [50] What's more, the attention to detail shown by non-deficit autistic people can lead to anger and even regression if a change is made in the course of the equine-assisted therapy session. [10]