Temple Grandin – Focus on Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
by Rick Glover
Filed under Health Videos
Lecture delivered by Temple Grandin, a noted expert and author on early intervention, educational strategies, visual thinking, social skills, medications and mentoring. Grandin presents around the world and is the author of several books including Emergence: Label Autistic, Thinking in Pictures, Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, co-authored with Sean Barron. In addition to several DVDs, her recent release of Animals in Translation maintained a top 10 position on the New York Times best-seller list. Based on statistics provided by the Autism Society of America, it is estimated that one in every 150 children born in the United States has autism and approximately 1 million in this country have this disorder, which does not include Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), Asperger’s and other spectrum disorders. A new case of autism is diagnosed nearly every 20 minutes, meaning approximately 24000 new cases diagnosed in the US per year.
Thank you so much for this lecture and all of the work you do. I have a Daughter who is 26 with Autism who is rarely verbal. Over the years, your work has taught me so much that she could not tell me. Thank you so much Ms. Grandin.
Wow I thought I already knew everything about autism but this explains so much more! Very handy!
I can only imagine the discomfort people with autism and ones with asperger’s endure in daily life. Loud noise, flashing lights, color etc. And the ridicule and laughing by people who think it’s fun to ridicule and make another human being feel uncomfortable. Thanks to Temple people with the above problems have more tools and knowledge to help them live in the world. God bless all of you.
hola, soy de Costa Rica, soy educador físico y Temple Grandin es de mi gran inspiracion, lastima que no entiendo ingles, me gustaria alguien publicara este video con subtitulo en español, será de gran apoyo en mi trabajo porque en mi trabajo tengo casos de autismo y posibles asperger
~”more primary processors (mini columns) per square inch but they are not powerful enough to send trunklines out to different areas of the brain”
she’s amazing.
Thank you.. I can use this vid at work
@Emilydogcat I have Asperger’s Syndrome too and I fully agree wth you.
Very informative and helpful. You make it plain as day to see there are very specific ties between Autism, ADHD..ie..picture thinking. Grandson, autism, daughter ADHD/dyslexia, me..who knows but I AM a picture thinker with math genius. Excellent show. Straight forward and ahead of where they are right now with Autism in mainstream America
i learned alot from this speech. very imfomitive, thank you Mrs Grandin
Well, be careful not to fall into autistic supremacy. We aren’t better at everything than average people. We just have more dynamics in our skills, whereas those of average people are more evenly displaced.
Absolutely, Emily! The only way I can rationalise it is that some people have the courage to speak up, and some people don’t. The lack of consistency may be maddening, but it is related more to individual abilities to express what is wrong with the situation than any hypocrisy.
we’re in the process of getting my son dignosed with aspergers. I’ve found this talk to be the single most helpful thing to learn about aspergers.
Thanks for this!
I have both Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, and this video helped me understand the two a lot better.
Excellent, thank you!
I am a fan of Temple and I was quite happy to find her video on here. From one advocate to another, thank you Temple, and keep fighting the good fight! I shall be right behind you, with many others!
Temple Grandin — you’re just great!! I’ve learned alot from this lecture. Thank you!
I am also proud of hainvg Aspergers, even though I was deying that I had it. But now I am happy and have a rich and vried life. I have a grilfriend and I am a uncle to my borthers son. So don’t think your life is over if you have this or a slimlar condtion.
very,very interesting woman.
There is social game I have unfortunately begun to see about in the ‘norm’ world, a Emperor’s New Clothes phenomenon. Sometimes people stand up and say something when something is wrong and other times they do not. There is no consistency. It seems that sometimes a victimized person or animal gets sympathy and other times they do not and social factors and timing often play a big part in determining if the harmed creature gets any help.
This game makes me sick. I have Asperger’s Syndrome.
I am also an Aspie…and proud of it!
No I didn’t know that.
What a remarkable lecture. My entire life i have always had a unique way of seeing life and learning and interpreting things in my own little way. Although i have many things i am extremely successful at i suffer with the bad most people don’t see. I feel much better knowing that there are different degrees of uniqueness every individuals brain has and i agree with focusing on the good and expanding that. Very inspirational, thank you for putting complicated thoughts in practical sense.
Yes! Why talk about ‘problems’ with AS? People with AS are BETTER at things than ‘average’ people. Thank you for saying this!
thank you Temple Grandin and thank you to all at AMPCenter , God Bless you , I thank Avatar Meher baba My God who has led me to this Video ,