Essays on Autism

Temple Grandin is an HBO film directed by Mick Johnson and debuted on February 6, 2010 with the four major casts: Claire Danes as Temple Grandin; Julia Ormond as Eustacia Grandin and Temple’s mother; Catherine O’Hara as Aunt Ann, Temple’s Aunt and sister of Eustacia Grandin; and David Straithairn as Dr. Carlock, Temple’s boarding school…

Jonathan Safran Foer was born in the splendid year of 1977, in Washington D. C. He was educated at Georgetown Day School, a private high school. Around this time, he wanted to be a brain surgeon, and one could argue that his fiction does indeed mess up your mind. He claims to have been the…

The fundamental understanding of how the mind works – our beliefs, desires, perceptions, imaginations and knowledge and how it predicts behavior is defined as theory of mind. It is also the understanding of the difference of one individual to another when it comes to mind matters. We often mistaken that mind reading is only applicable…

            Temple Grandin is without doubt the most well-known and accomplished grown up with autism globally.  Grandin has appeared on main TV programs like ‘ABC’s Primetime Live, “CNN’s Larry King Live”, “Today Show”, 20/20″, and “48 Hours”. She has penned articles for national publications like Time Magazine, Forbes, People Magazine, New York Times, the New…

The movies Rain Man and Temple Grandin depict characters with Autism Spectrum Disorder, a developmental brain disorder that affects social, communicative, and behavioral skills. According to the Center of Disease Control website, approximately 1 in 88 children have Autism. These films provide insight into the challenges of living with autism and understanding individuals who are…

Perfectly ImperfectThere is always a reason why people are not perfect as what we wanted to be. Perfection is way out of our league and we all know it. Perhaps, questioning why we are made imperfect is quite stupidity. Perfection is not the basis of greatness or superiority. In our daily lives, we meet people…

Autism or PPD ( permeant developmental upset ) is defined by the Columbia encyclopedia as a rare neurodevelopmental upset characterized by the inability to associate to and comprehend the environment in a realistic mode. The oncoming of the upset is in babyhood or early childhood, by and large before the age of 30 months, and…

Today in America autism is still a mystery to the medical profession. They have discovered the symptoms and how to curve some of the autistic behaviors, but did not discover what causes autism. Cowley defines autism:It is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a…

Autism and Aspergers ‘s DisorderIntroduction Autistic upset and Aspergers ‘s upset are subgroups of the larger permeant developmental upsets as it ‘s normally referred to in the United States and autism spectrum upsets in Europe. Brain abnormalcies are usually associated with the upsets but there is no consistent cause known and the biological science that…

1. Share some of the background of your interviewee (or couple). What was this person’s/couple’s story? [300 words] Arelys and Danny told me that, raising a child with autism is not easy but not impossible. They told me that at first it definitely affected their relationship because they could not understand the problem that their…