Temple Grandin: A Brief Summary

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The way a autistic writer changed the world for the best and taught us about the struggles of autism. Temple Grandin is an autistic writer and tells us about the struggles of autism. Temple Grandin raised awareness about the struggles of autism and recognizing them through Emergence, Temple talks, and Thinking in pictures. Temple Grandin's book Emergence impacted autism and autistic people themselves. To place autism in a spectrum is a institution. Most people thought autistic people didn't have inner lives but they did. Also Temple Grandin stated, "To these people, it seems incomprehensible that the characteristics of autism can be modified and controlled. However, I feel strongly that I am living proof that they can." That people think autism is a “ special” thing but it really isn't, and there just like normal people but think a little different. So Temple said use me as an example to see how autistic people think and act. To tell autistic people she went through the same thing and it's ok to express yourselves, and we could go through it together just keep pushing through there is always light at the end of the tunnel …show more content…

To place autism spectrum in an institution. Most people thought autistic people didn't have inner lives but they did. Temple Grandin stated in her short story, “ Her mind didn't work the way most people's do.” Temple Grandin processes things way different than most people do and she sees things in a different picture. To let people know that autism isn't a disease there just like us but they the process things different. She wrote the book to tell us about her experiences about

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