SDFarsight wrote:
Peko wrote:
I've only ever heard her speak in youtube clips
& read some of her stuff. She just seems blunt & too the point... like a true aspie
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Same. I saw a BBC documentary on her some years ago.
The Temple Grandin biopic (it stars Claire Danes as TG) airs on HBO (a premium pay channel) on Feb. 6 in the US. I do not have cable so I haven't figured out a way to watch it. I even posted on Craigslist trying to find someone who might be watching, but the only person who responded also is on the spectrum and also doesn't have HBO!
I agree that her way of speaking sounds kinda like she's yelling at you sometimes. I am frequently accused of that myself. She certainly must get angry about certain things (like when animals are treated poorly), but I don't think she is hostile without reason.
I have always understood that TG is autistic, and didn't speak at all until she was like 9? I'm just trying to point out the distinction that is made between a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome and a diagnosis of autism.
Here are links to the first 2 (of 5) youtube videos of an actual Temple Grandin documentary The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ycu3JFRrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-iy7GNs ... re=related
Here's a link to the previews of the HBO biopic:
http://www.hbo.com/movies/temple-grandin/index.html