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Human growth and development Media film response Movie: Temple Granden 49394

The movie I chose to do a response on is called Temple Granden. This is a film made by HBO to depict the life and struggles of Temple Granden, someone who has autism in the days before scientists really knew what it was or how to handle it. The movie begins with a young girl “temple” that is going to see her aunt of her farm. While there, she is there, see sees the farm help putting cattle in a machine called a squeeze machine “this device is used to calm the cows down during medical procedures”; Temple is intrigued by this and wants to do something like that for herself. The movie does jump from different points in her life and from this time at the farm we see her as a young child and she is with her mother who has taken her to a doctor to discuss Temples “problem”. The Dr in the movie tells her mother that she will not fit into society and that she will have to be put into a group home because of it. Temples’ mother doesn’t believe in this and takes Temple to a school for special children; this is where Temple meets Dr. Carlock, who helps Temple fit into the school and shows her science projects and this is where she comes to love the sciences. At this school they have horses, and one day Temple sees a horse in distress and she helps the horse calm down. When Dr. Carlock sees this he helps her in the animals sciences and eventually helps her get into college. When Temple does get to college she has a panic attack and you see her mother cry and leave the room so Temple can learn to cope with these emotions. Eventually she does cope but she wants to try making her own squeeze machine because it worked for the cows. When she does make the squeeze machine, the school takes it away from her because they believe it to be a sexual device. Temple is outraged form this and talks with the dean and convinces him to allow her to prove its use by scientific methods. She does this by having fellow class mates get into the squeeze machine and report how they felt after being inside of it. Many reported feeling comforted and calm when in it. Others stated it was weird but the majority stated is calming. After proving this, Temple is able to have the machine for the rest of her schooling at the college. From this point in the movie it takes you to when she has her doctorate in animal science and she is working on a farm where they hurdle cows and get them ready for slaughter. Temple has a heightened sense of perceiving and she can see how the cow moo and how there walking and running show how they are feeling. Temple does try to discuss this with the operation manager of the farm but he just pushes her away cause she is a woman and because of her autism. Temple did not like this and after a few failed attempts she gets a job at local newspaper writing for the farm sections and she gets a media pass and she is able to get into the areas that she needs to do to her study of the cows and their behavior. She writes in her paper about the behavior of the cattle and how this can be improved; she does get a lot of praise from the science community and she uses this advantage to speak with the owners of the slaughter house and they allow her to present her case on how to improve the slaughter house to be more productive and how to make it more humane for the cows. She builds a system that works and she is nationally recognized for this and is raised by the science community. The end of the movie jumps to where Tempe and her mother are at a first time autism even where parents are there with their children and their speaking about autism and the new science that there is about it. When Temple hers a parent yelling at her child for twirling around in circles she stands up and tells her to allow it, that it comforts the child. This brief interruption in the event allows Temple to give her story. Temple stands in front of everyone and talks about her experience as a person with highly functional autism and tells how she went to school and has her doctorate. Everyone at the event is amazed of how she was able to do this living with autism. Temple became one of the big activists of her time and she help the autism community by telling her story and showing people that people with autism are not “freaks” or “abnormal”, they are just different and needed to be treated like everyone else.

The science behind the movie: People with autism show the following symptoms Social interaction: Response to sensory information: Behaviors:
 * Cannot start or maintain a social conversation
 * Communicates with gestures instead of words
 * Develops language slowly or not at all
 * Does not adjust gaze to look at objects that others are looking at
 * Does not refer to self correctly (for example, says "you want water" when the child means "I want water")
 * Does not point to direct others' attention to objects (occurs in the first 14 months of life)
 * Repeats words or memorized passages, such as commercials
 * Uses nonsense rhyming
 * Does not make friends
 * Does not play interactive games
 * Is withdrawn
 * May not respond to eye contact or smiles, or may avoid eye contact
 * May treat others as if they are objects
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Prefers to spend time alone, rather than with others
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shows a lack of empathy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Does not startle at loud noises
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Has heightened or low senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">May find normal noises painful and hold hands over ears
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">May withdraw from physical contact because it is overstimulating or overwhelming
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Rubs surfaces, mouths or licks objects
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Seems to have a heightened or low response to pain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Acts up" with intense tantrums
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Gets stuck on a single topic or task (perseveration)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Has a short attention span
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Has very narrow interests
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Is overactive or very passive
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shows aggression to others or self
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shows a strong need for sameness
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Uses repetitive body movements

Some of the things above are shown in the movie. Temple right from the start has a problem taking to people and does not like to be in large crowds. Another symptom she shows is her heightened ability to see things that other can’t. Like with the cows, she is able to see that they are in distress and don’t like being chased around by men on horses or by dogs. She explains this in the movies that the cows communicate by mooing, and she states that the cows walk in certain patterns “like circles or in the figure eight” or “like the little girl twirling”. This close attention to detail is usually not noticed by most people, but someone with autism may be able to pick up on things that the normal mind may not. Another classic problem she has is that she only eats yogurt and Jell-O, which is a problem with many autistic people because they may be “picky” eaters. Many of the symptoms above are shown in the movie, may it be my Temple or other autistic children in the movie. This is a great movie to watch if you want to enjoy seeing someone struggle in a time where no one understands you but there is help along the way; Temple Ganden is a great movie and has good information about autism and has a great outcome. This movie is based on the life of Temple Granden and is a true story. I highly recommend this to everyone.

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">References
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Surveillance Year 2002 Principal Investigators; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders--autism and developmental disabilities monitoring network, 14 sites, United States, 2002. //MMWR Surveill Summ//. 2007 Feb 9;56(1):12-28.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Johnson CP, Myers SM; American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Children with Disabilities. Identification and evaluation of children with autism spectrum disorders. //Pediatrics//. 2007;120:1183-1215.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dover CJ, Le Couteur A. How to diagnose autism. //Arch Dis Child//. 2007;92:540-545.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shah PE, Dalton R, Boris NW. Pervasive developmental disorders and childhood psychosis. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. //Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics//. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 29.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bertoglio K, Hendren RL. New developments in autism. //Psychiatr Clin North Am//. 2009;32:1-14.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">HBO Films and productions
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pubmed.com



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Autism is not the only developmental issue shown in this film--you left a lot unsaid. In addition, you need to tie things back to what the textbook says about autism.
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This changes styles from prose to outline and back. The list of symptoms needs to be integrated into prose--perhaps two sentences saying which symptoms were depicted and which were not.
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