In a world full of stereotypes, the worst one possible for most people is autism. Being labeled autistic usually means that people think of the subject as a savage animal that should be euthanized at worst and an illiterate idiot who can’t even feed themselves at best. People want to get rid of autism altogether, with that label as part of the reason why. However, like Temple says “people are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.” and by that she most likely means that there isn’t always going to be a solution to every problem, there might be ways to patch the hole (problem), just not make it disappear altogether. Just because someone is stuck without a solution to a problem doesn’t mean their life is automatically over, it just means that they have to work harder to adapt to their situation and work around the hole (problem).
Mary Temple Grandin was born on August 29th, 1947 to Richard McCurdy Gandin and Anna Eustacia Purves. Richard was a real estate agent and the heir to Grandin Farms, the largest american corporate wheat farm at the time. Anna was an actress, singer, and the granddaughter of John Coleman Purves; the co-inventor of the …show more content…
The only treatment for brain damage being institutionalization, Anna searched desperately to find another option. Eventually Anna found a neurologist who suggested speech therapy. Thrilled to have found another option for Temple, Anna hired a speech therapist for her at the age of 2½ years old. Anna also hired an educational nanny for Temple when she was 3 years old to keep her entertained while furthering her education. Six months later, thanks to all of the speech therapy, Temple started talking and with that her mom could breath a sigh of relief knowing that her daughter could talk. With Temple’s ability to speak also came the hope of Temple attending a normal school and making
Mary Temple Grandin was born on August 29th, 1947 to Richard McCurdy Gandin and Anna Eustacia Purves. Richard was a real estate agent and the heir to Grandin Farms, the largest american corporate wheat farm at the time. Anna was an actress, singer, and the granddaughter of John Coleman Purves; the co-inventor of the …show more content…
The only treatment for brain damage being institutionalization, Anna searched desperately to find another option. Eventually Anna found a neurologist who suggested speech therapy. Thrilled to have found another option for Temple, Anna hired a speech therapist for her at the age of 2½ years old. Anna also hired an educational nanny for Temple when she was 3 years old to keep her entertained while furthering her education. Six months later, thanks to all of the speech therapy, Temple started talking and with that her mom could breath a sigh of relief knowing that her daughter could talk. With Temple’s ability to speak also came the hope of Temple attending a normal school and making