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Temple Grandin's experience, while interesting, is another example of media hype concerning autism that misleads a great number of people into believing that al
by thinkcomp 13y ago
Temple Grandin's experience, while interesting, is another example of media hype concerning autism that misleads a great number of people into believing that all autistic people can or should aspire to use their disability in furtherance of some greater good. This is not so; if only they should be so lucky. Her experience is not representative of anything.
- VLM 13y ago"Her experience is not representative of anything." I've seen her speak in person at a state fair. She's a pretty good inspirational speaker, would recommend if you ever get a chance. She does better in person than her biographical movie would seem to imply. If she ever gets tired of livestock she probably could 2nd career as a motivational speaker. I'd summarize her state fair speech about her life experiences to something like success comes exclusively from grit, which isn't too far from the original post and/or my own observational experience. For whatever local definition of "greater good" and "success" applies. (edited because I feel the need to rephrase: I saw a speech of hers in person, which (hopefully accurately) summarizes to its a universal fact of ALL humanity that success is the result of grit. Which I'd agree with. However the friction comes from no universal definition of what "greater good" and "success" means across individuals.)