Do most auties sound like Temple Grandin?

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I just watched Temple Grandin on an in-flight movie, and I loved every minute. I really did. But her speech intonations seemed so extreme, even for aspie. Do most people with autism sound like that, or did it have more to do with the actress's interpretation? Or is that unique to Grandin?

It may not be too unique. Yes, even Aspies can & do have speech anomalies. For instance, I am &/or can be partially mute; I do use a NEO so I can write in lieu of speaking at times. But I do speak - - my voice is fine (I do not sound like Temple, btw) but my prosody can be off somewhat. I think for a short period of time, like a casual interaction, I am undetectable. But it's noticable. I'm told I actually sound foreign (but I am not). Perhaps that speech is like a 2nd language.

Some do, some don't. She didn't sound extreme to me though at all. I've heard far stranger intonations.

I sound like my idol, without trying.

If I have an accent (unsure?) then Alaskan. But, I am of European origin and do have a marked continental accent too. I have a very feminine sounding voice - wish I had a stronger voice though. In some ways, although Dr. Grandin does sound a bit awkward, she does have a commanding tone. When I fairly recently gave a verbal presentation, I had a communications professor listen in - he said it was well done! I am flattered, but it does sound.....different? Maybe stilted some, like a recording. I have been a TA for chemistry lab session; I guess my students do notice?

But, like others note, Autistic sounding speech isn't that remarkably odd. Of course, some accents are more 'off' sounding than Autistic speech. Oh, an Alaskan accent sounds very enunciated. Hate to admit this, but I might sound a bit like Sarah Palin. I am from the same hometown as Sarah. I'm not native Alaskan and any Eskimo languages are tough for any European/American to emulate.

I've heard Aspie speech that sounds awkward in ways that are hard to identify.

sidenote: Akutaq ice cream.......acquired taste? I don't personally partake, but it's salty/sweet (and kind-of yucky).

Do some persons with autism have speech difficulties and their speech and/or voice quality appears to many persons as being weird/slightly weird? Yes.

It's certainly not confined only to the general category labeled autism.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spee ... rders.html

I doubt most auties sound like her. Grandin has a mid-Western accent mixed with a speech oddity that may or may not be connected to her autism.

Your brother's in the hospital. He was hit by a drunk driver: your mother!

I haven't seen the movie, but I've heard Temple Grandin speak (on video, not in person) and never noticed odd intonation.

I lived in South Carolina until I was eight. I don't think I have a southern accent, but on occasion someone will look at me odd and ask where my voice comes from. Do I have aspie voice? I don't know.

When I read John Elder Robison's book "Look Me In the Eye" he writes about having a flat affect to his voice. When he finally got around to meeting Temple Grandin the comparison was obvious to those who knew him. When it came time to put his book on audiobook CD format he really wanted to read it himself so people would hear his asperger's voice.

I have a couple different voice oddities going around.

I have EXTREME difficulty in keeping a reasonable and steady volume.

People have noticed a variety of "Accents" I go through, most commonly a british or irish one. I myself sometimes think I sounds a lot like Grimoire Weiss from the game Nier. I have also gotten compared to Napoleon Dynamite for somre reason I have no damn clue about.