02 February 2010

MSNBC Interview With Temple Grandin


Temple Grandin knows she’s different. But she wouldn’t have it any other way. In 1950, Grandin was diagnosed with autism. The disorder, seen in about 1 in 110 U.S. kids, spans a range of complex neurodevelopmental problems: an inability to make social connections, language difficulties and bizarre, repetitive behaviors. There is no known cause or cure. Some children may have a mild form of the disorder, yet have difficulties holding down a job in adulthood. Others may never be able to live on their own.

And some, like Grandin, defy the odds.

Now actress Claire Danes is playing Grandin in an HBO movie airing on Saturday. The film "Temple Grandin" is based upon Grandin's memoirs, "Emergence" and "Thinking in Pictures." That’s heady stuff for a woman who admits that at age 62 she still relates better to animals than she does to humans. She talks to msnbc.com about how autism affects her life, a life that she believes is different, but not less.
Read the rest of the interview at MSNBC

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