tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post3014088951048651694..comments2024-01-08T05:50:04.098-05:00Comments on baxter sez: ExpectationsAlison Piepmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-60093393875195829702010-10-06T15:04:12.795-05:002010-10-06T15:04:12.795-05:00This is a few days after the fact, but... I saw &...This is a few days after the fact, but... I saw "Temple Grandin" advertised on the RedBox box closest to my house - it was not available for rental at the time I was there, but how cool that RedBox has it!? <br /><br />Alison - I'll definitely let you know what my impressions and thoughts are after watching it. :)Elizabeth Schlaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-6841581592390955322010-10-03T18:30:18.596-05:002010-10-03T18:30:18.596-05:00I found bunch of videos of Temple Grandin on YouTu...I found bunch of videos of Temple Grandin on YouTube, and watched a 5-part documentary by the BBC last night - I think they were over 9 minutes apiece. I was just going to watch one, and got hooked. I'll also be looking for the movie. Let us know if any of you find a source for it.The Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082511484398695392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-4731156468959631662010-10-02T21:23:23.435-05:002010-10-02T21:23:23.435-05:00I'm going to be on the lookout for the movie a...I'm going to be on the lookout for the movie as well! I just recognized Temple Grandin's name from having seen it on the Hoagies' Gifted Education Page, her book listed on the resource page for visual-spatial learners (: <br /><br />http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/visual-spatial.htm<br /><br />-glad I had the page bookmarked because I'm going to need a visual-spatial method to learn college math! <br /><br />Hard to believe there have been/are people who have excluding teaching children with Down Syndrome how to read!?! <br /><br />We bought some Picture Me Reading cards (sight words with pictures made with the letter forms) for my son Baird, who is dyslexic (more severe than I), a visual-spatial learner like myself. He is doing well with reading now in first grade...it finally "clicked" as you said. Maybelle is doing better than Baird did at that age (:Quichehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18390057086505601302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-67016936023589324872010-10-02T21:13:40.667-05:002010-10-02T21:13:40.667-05:00Myrlyn--I'm equally sad about the NPR comment!...Myrlyn--I'm equally sad about the NPR comment! I think as much as anything it's evidence of how recently we're coming to see these disabilities differently. Even in 2002 educated, well-meaning folks thought autism meant this person probably won't have any sort of meaningful life.<br /><br />Erica--hurray for your neighbor Charlotte! I applaud her good instincts to raise her children like two children she valued and loved.<br /><br />And B, you'll have to let me know what you think of Temple Grandin. I think you'll find her to be a fascinating and cool woman! And I hope you like the depiction of cows (they're clear in the "making of" that no cows were harmed!).Alison Piepmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-46961279379007822442010-10-02T16:44:09.830-05:002010-10-02T16:44:09.830-05:00*results not typical.
Why not expect your kid to ...*results not typical.<br /><br />Why not expect your kid to be amazing? You think your 'normal' kid can be a bloody astronaut, despite the fact that you need a hundred and sixty IQ and all the strength and training of an olympic gold medal winning athlete, none of which is 'expected'. You don't hear anyone telling the parents of 'normal' children that their kid won't be president or something. <br /><br />Why the hell won't you think someone who's not that far down on the scale to read? <br />I mean, Dubya got presidency, so clearly we don't hold people up to the whole thing about goals relating to ability anyway.<br /><br />Also, it hurts my feelings to think that NPR did something that awful. I like NPR, and I wouldn't have believed it if I had heard it from someone that wasn't you.Myrlynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-18996742385139398572010-10-02T09:58:12.177-05:002010-10-02T09:58:12.177-05:00I know for a fact that many, many people read an a...I know for a fact that many, many people read an appreciate your blog and the things you and Walter have to say, but...<br /><br />I just wanted to say thank you. <br /><br />I'm going to look for the Temple Grandin movie. As a daughter of a farmer, and having raised bottle babies, that sounds really intriguing!Elizabeth Schlaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-35568747896149165662010-09-30T21:05:24.957-05:002010-09-30T21:05:24.957-05:00This makes me so mad too! One of my neighbors gro...This makes me so mad too! One of my neighbors growing up adopted two special needs children who were severely physically and mentally challenged. The state of Louisiana basically told her that both would just be vegetables, then they were shocked when both boys learned to speak and one learned to read braille and play music. Charlotte just simply did not listen to the prevailing opinions and did what she would have with any other child, she encouraged them and taught them!Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554498539390028841noreply@blogger.com