Have you ever heard of Temple Grandin? She's a woman with autism who has become wildly successful by revolutionizing machines in the cattle industry by her ability to think in pictures. I read her book, Thinking in Pictures a few years ago, so naturally I was interested in seeing the movie when it debuted. In the HBO movie, Claire Danes stars as the title character, Temple Grandin. Having seen Claire Danes in several other films, I thought she did a fantastic job! As a teacher, I've seen that students with autism have distinct hallmarks behaviors, and Claire Danes was able to capture many of these in her performance. The film and book are really expand and explain some insight into how brains of individuals with autism are wired differently. If you're in to learn something new, check these out! Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Temple Grandin
Have you ever heard of Temple Grandin? She's a woman with autism who has become wildly successful by revolutionizing machines in the cattle industry by her ability to think in pictures. I read her book, Thinking in Pictures a few years ago, so naturally I was interested in seeing the movie when it debuted. In the HBO movie, Claire Danes stars as the title character, Temple Grandin. Having seen Claire Danes in several other films, I thought she did a fantastic job! As a teacher, I've seen that students with autism have distinct hallmarks behaviors, and Claire Danes was able to capture many of these in her performance. The film and book are really expand and explain some insight into how brains of individuals with autism are wired differently. If you're in to learn something new, check these out!
Hmm, I've never heard of this, but it sounds really interesting. I'll bookmark it for future reading! Have a happy wednesday!
ReplyDeletei saw this movie and loooved it.
ReplyDeletethis was an awesome movie and i learned so much--really an amazing woman. great recommendation :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Ft Collins for Grad school, she lived above me in my apartment complex. She is a very interesting lady...
ReplyDeleteIt's on our Netflix que!
ReplyDeletep.s. LOVED the mail we got today! :) It turned out perfect!!!
I loved the movie. I didn't know she had written books...thanks for the heads-up.
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