Temple Grandin

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In all seriousness, how come nobody seems to mention her anymore?

Has she fallen out of favour, or has nobody read her books recently?

Also I'm in a funny mood and love Star Wars so there you go.

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I googlenewsed her and she seems to be doing a round of talks on animal welfare in food production. Good for her!

Funny you should bring that up because I saw Temple last week on two occasions.

1. The first on campus where I got to school last Tues
2. Then at a Future Horizon's Conference

I even got to meet her and shake her hand next to giving the woman one of my business cards due to work relations. She wanted to know what I my goals are. I tried to tell her what I wanted in too many details but she shut me down due to being tired and not having time.

"Yeah I don't have time for that jargon and BS. What are your goals?" I said I was pretty intimidated to communicate and shut down and so she told me to take baby steps.

This was at the university where I work.

Then I saw her at the conference where I was a little more relaxed and was able to get more out of that lecture and then I was more comfortable around her. She said some really interesting things too.

In books I am in the middle of "Thinking in Pictures" and hope to continue reading her work in chronological order.

I always mention her. She's great for autism m

I work in an area that is very much Autism related on campus and I thought it was really important to listen to her ideas for support since I am on the spectrum myself. That way I would have better ideas on how to run some of the projects at work.

Yes a lot of neurotypicals laughed about that too.

My attitude was "Oh she doesn't like small talk."

I also emt her once and she was signing books and she saw me and asked me what I was and I didn't know what to say. I wasn't a teacher or nurse or whatever so she started asking me if I was a teacher and I just stood there not answering because I was trying to think and then another person comes by and she moves onto that person and asks them the same thing ans signs her book. I just walked away. Then when the conference starts, then I figured out the answer "I was a person on the spectrum" but it was too late.

I thought her response was funny too. I also want direct answers, not details. but I would have just asked "I am asking what your goals are" than calling it BS. I remember people kept laughing at what she was saying during her speech and I didn't know what was so funny and one person spoke up telling her she has a sense of humor because he works with autistic kids and if he laughs, they get upset because they think they are being laughed at.

My parents saw the movie about her, and they told me that I'm a lot like her. I don't really see it, but I imagine they see me in a different way then myself. I love Temple Grandin though. She's one of my idols, and I love the knowledge she has about autism and her experiences with it as well.

I know Temple well and have spent time with her on numerous occasions. I first met her in college. The longest one on one time I spent with her was in a black car in NYC during a 45 minute drive from ABC to the New Jersy airport. I also interviewed her for my film autism reality and have spent time with her at conferences all over the country.

She's inspirational and fascinating and clearly autistic. I think she has a lot of valuable insights to share with the world and especially good advice for individuals on the spectrum.

How topical as i just watched an ad on YouTube by Paul McCartney about the horrors of slaughter houses. I feel shaken up and ashamed, so much I want to try and become a vegetarian again.

Even if I don't like famous people/idols or things sponsored by them this one really got to me.

Thank you Temple Gradin for at least thinking of solutions to a problem that will probably never go away.

All I know about Temple Grandin is that she thinks in pictures, unlike me, who does not think in pictures.

I saw Temple Grandin at are autism conference and I didn't like the fact that she has now become a celebrity. I want to take some one on one time with her but it was like everybody wanted a piece of the action. It's really sucked in the end. Sometimes, I wish that HBO never make that movie about her. even thought I still liked it.