Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.
6 Apr 2010
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Excellent film ~
Very true, Sian. She's a great lady who has really chnaged the way the world looks at autistic people.
I have been aware of Temple Grandin for some years, but have never known why I was aware of her. I have complete synergy with her explanation of how she "sees" as I see in much the same way, in full spectrum, movie like sequential images.....and I can verbally explain the sequence and sitting to write it down is the most difficult task for me...almost painful...as the project is completed in my mind before it is ever started....and I know how to get to the end of it...in my mind....Getting it started when it slows into the physical form is almost excrutiating to me.....
So I don't know if that is what an autistic person experiences....but I can imagine it now...
There is some magnificent work that can come out of the discovery of her movie, content, the subsequent documentary and my understanding related to a multi media project I have been working on in my mind for nearly twenty years...as the digital technology was not yet available.......I could see it in my mind but did not know when or how it would be created....now it exists.
A long chat ... but wow...someone just kicked ON the switch
Well...I'm finding many are captivated by this content and this woman...as the learning mechanism has changed for human beings....SO many kids with autism are demonstrating the need for the change in the systems by which education is delivered.....
I'm rambling, but so excited, by these discoveries.
Always
Sian
Sian, this is no rambling at all. I love it when something in my post makes a deep connection with the reader! Glad I could turn the switch ON :)
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