Is Dr Temple Grandin a Member of Wrong Planet?

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I was wondering if Dr Temple Grandin was a member of Wrong Planet?

And we might politely invite her and see what she thinks.

Good question and I don't know. In so far as I understand, she's not. But I wish she were! Maybe we could invite her?

But, as I understand (no promises but there are clues ) Tony Attwood is a member. Undercover as any other ordinary member. Sshhh.

Aside from all guessing, I do know the Wrong Planet has at least a few 'well-known' individuals, as we might expect. Personally, if I were a professional in the field of autism research (or related), I'd join the Wrong Planet as we are the ultimate resource.

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...just the kind of thread Temple Grandin might create to effectively disguise her identity.

It would be awesome if she was a member, except she would get bombarded with messages!

Her recent speech at TED is brilliant,

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/templ ... minds.html

We should invite her

I would imagine she's incredibly busy traveling, giving speeches, and contributing to the auditing system in the cattle, etc industry.

I agree. I saw a show about her the other night. She began laughing as she looked at her calendar---it looked like it was completely pencilled in with bookings and engagements. I don't know how she would have the time.

As far as I know, she isn't, but John Elder Robison is (I thought that was really cool).

ahh..but even a very busy travelling, lecturing world-famous aspie might like a chance to get online and spill her guts about her latest embarassing aspie-moment

Doubt it.

I'm not really a fan of her, actually; I think I'm alone when it comes to that.

I'm not a fan of her either, although I think I mean it in a more literal sense -- I don't have the kind of fannish devotion to her that a lot of people do. I'm not actively repulsed by her either, although I'm occasionally repulsed by some of her ideas (while appreciative of others). But I don't really relate to people in general in the way that "being a fan" implies, and am disturbed whenever I notice people behaving like fans. (Including towards me occasionally, which I hate the worst. )

I've been wondering the same thing as well, all these years.

I have to wonder though, about famous people who "might" be on here... I understand of course that it might seem like a good idea to hide your identity, but, doesn't it defeat the purpose of the board for them? I know if I had to be careful about not revealing to much of my past , my age, my situation in life, the site would become useless for me, I couldn't ask the questions I need to ask or get effective answers about my problems, if part of the story I told was untrue....
Even if they're here , it must be a torture to see everybody spill their souls and be understood, and be unable to do it for fear of being recognised...

If there were famous people on here: they would probably be as anonymous as possible. I'm sure if she was here she would not be telling. I am a nobody so I don't mind my picture as my avatar.

I really respect the amount of thought and time that goes into your posts. You are also very knowledgable in what you post. I won't call myself a fan, but I feel that sometimes you have insight that others don't have.