Comments on: HBO’s ‘Temple Grandin’ Offers Inside Look At Autism http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/02/02/temple-grandin/6833/ Developmental Disability News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Glenn Leahey http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/02/02/temple-grandin/6833/comment-page-1/#comment-10914 Glenn Leahey Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:46:36 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=6833#comment-10914 @Miilanna: You make terrific points. I only recently saw the HBO movie. I worked as a special ed. teacher through the 1990s and met Temple briefly one time after a board meeting for the Association in Manhattan for Autistic Children. If nothing else, her story may serve to give autistic people the HOPE that they will be valued in society. The support Temple received from her family in her early years was certainly extraordinary, in my opinion, in its' day. Since then, services for families of autistic children and adults have certainly broadened, especially services for early intervention. @Miilanna: You make terrific points. I only recently saw the HBO movie. I worked as a special ed. teacher through the 1990s and met Temple briefly one time after a board meeting for the Association in Manhattan for Autistic Children. If nothing else, her story may serve to give autistic people the HOPE that they will be valued in society. The support Temple received from her family in her early years was certainly extraordinary, in my opinion, in its’ day. Since then, services for families of autistic children and adults have certainly broadened, especially services for early intervention.

]]> By: Miilanna http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/02/02/temple-grandin/6833/comment-page-1/#comment-6520 Miilanna Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:51:05 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=6833#comment-6520 I appreciate Dr. Grandin and all that she has done for herself and others. She is a delightful woman. Unfortunately, most of us don't have the support she had throughout her life [this is not intended to downplay the traumas she suffered]. Those of us whose families have gone through prolonged denial and/or rejected us for failing to meet their expectations as a human being also have stories to tell. And many of us are on both sides, as parents of those both on and off of the spectrum, and even as professionals treating some on the spectrum. We have autism and also have responsibility for those with and without autism, but are forced to do so ALONE. Dr. Grandin's story is valuable and well received. I just wish that more of us were able to be as valued and well received. Thank you Dr. Grandin. Your contribution will be honored long after your are gone. I appreciate Dr. Grandin and all that she has done for herself and others. She is a delightful woman. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have the support she had throughout her life [this is not intended to downplay the traumas she suffered]. Those of us whose families have gone through prolonged denial and/or rejected us for failing to meet their expectations as a human being also have stories to tell. And many of us are on both sides, as parents of those both on and off of the spectrum, and even as professionals treating some on the spectrum. We have autism and also have responsibility for those with and without autism, but are forced to do so ALONE.

Dr. Grandin’s story is valuable and well received. I just wish that more of us were able to be as valued and well received.

Thank you Dr. Grandin. Your contribution will be honored long after your are gone.

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