I'm like Temple. I like heavy blankets, and being squeezed, like between cushions of a couch. But I don't like most people to hug me, because I hate the stress that with most people there is always an undertone of some kind of thought or agenda I'm not on the same wavelength with. So people scare me. But deep pressure DOES feel lovely and relaxing.
But to say autism can be "cured" feels as offensive to me as saying lefthandedness can be cured. I'm not sick. I'm just different.
@gufniata Actually she said that while she wanted human hugs, "but it was too much overwhelming stimulation - I like it controlled". The machine works better for her b/c she can control it.
The squeeze machine makes sense. To copy animal treatment is sometimes better than human because what we attribute "psychological" problems to often is purely physical and sometimes it is a simple matter of hugs, exercise and activity. Psychiatry didn't work for her because they were trying to control the body when she found an ideal way of treating the real problem directly. A lot of fear is just the animal aspect of us. So, we can look at it practically instead of blaming ourselves.
I never knew that the "refrigerator mother" myth was influenced by someone's experiences in a concentration camp. I always assumed it was purely thoughtless misogyny, like most of Freud's ideas. It's still terribly misogynistic, but perhaps not as malicious as I'd thought.
Also, I think that going in a squeeze chute definitely wouldn't make me calmer! I'm not claustrophobic--I've handled being trapped in an elevator just fine. But being in a squeeze chute would still freak me the fuck out.
wow that whole mother thing for the blame is quite ridiculous I must say.....it's scary that people use to believe that....prob the same people that believed masturbation would turn you blind
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Here's Why: The Autistic does not produce Glutathione in sufficient amount, to detox vaccine mercury and aluminum. Mercury blocks Tubulin in the nerves.
How to treat: Alpha Lipoic Acid, N-Acetyl Cystein, Chlorella, Cilantro, Threelac. Grind up and mix them into a Bathhouse Farms Green Goodness, give 1/4 of the bottle over 4 days. Bentonite Clay bath at night, then Melatonin.
LOL! The squeeze chute. I have Asperger's. Containing myself to the tub is a calming influence on my life. When very stressed one or two tub baths a day, when not so stressed, once or twice a week. Being alone in water does that for me. I, too, like the control. People use blankets, even weighted blankets, for the same effect.
@robokill387 you should start off by reading the adam and eve story in genesis, literally the beginning of time. males aren't held responsible for anything because they've convinced themselves and the world that they're never wrong. i've never heard of a "refrigerator father" theory. that's my point.
@karlsmith00 - "i wonder if fathers were ever blamed for how children turned out? probably not." Being a father, of course we are blamed, often for everything that goes wrong. But in these kinds of cases they site the mother. Disturbances caused in early childhood would be associated with mothering. The father tends to come in a bit later, especially in adolescence.
@HorsecrazyMichelle it may hurt them a small bit, but it's so they don't get sick and suffer later on. Like getting a booster shot, it hurts for like 2 seconds and then nothing.
@kozmon0t Well that seems to be a bit of an overgeneralization. Psychology is a very broad field. Think of it this way: human cognition & behavior is a very real thing in the world, with real principles behind it. Psychology is about uncovering these principles, and it's not to be characterized by any one method of investigation (because, as I mentioned, it's too broad for that) but rather by this common goal of everybody involved in psychology. It includes sound science as well.
@Whatsifsowhatsit Psychology doesn't even have a discrete definition of its subject. Even the concept of "cognition" is an arbitrary product of 19th century paradigms.
Think of it this way: there AREN'T principles behind cognition and behavior. Why assume there are?
Psychology isn't a broad field, it's a field with a vague subject. Varied methods don't make it one bit scientific. Especially considering the subhuman criminality of most of its history. Imprisonment, mutilation, drug pushing.
@kozmon0t Well, I assume there are principles behind anything because I'm a determinist & I believe every effect has its cause(s).
Also I didn't meanthat it was scientific because it has varied methods, I mean because it has varied methods it might seem less structured/organized or some such. But psychology does fit just about all definitions about science (that I could find). And we learned a lot from it already - even if you don't see it as a science you could still see value in that imo.
i was born with it, you nut. its a gift. and no, they were not vaccinated at birth. also, upon tedious amounts of research, i have found strong scientific evidence of autism's genetic lineage.this research was done in fact, for my soon to be finished memoir, entitled "Autism Shmautism, the life and times of an autistic child, as told by an autistic child." in said book, i discuss to much length the autism rights movement, a
@twindwick the european union phased it out a good while ago. and yet autism is still at the same rate. its been proven on numerous occasions to have no link. if there was one it would have been dropped sooner. now its been dropped here just to stop people blaming it
@Shinaah Each autistic person is different, they aren't all the same. She doesn't like to be touched, but the squeeze machine creates a hugging sensation that relaxes her. I, however, do liked to be hugged, but I am more high funtioning then she is. The way I calm down is by television, because that's my obession, or taking a pill that makes me sleepy, thereby making relaxed.
As for the 'squeeze-chute'... Curiously, a standard operating procedure for Russian babies is tight 'swaddling'. They wrap then until they look like little mummies. Babies seem to feel calmed/comforted by it even though, from the 'outside' it appears to be almost cruel. Perhaps it's a biological/memory response to being held tightly within the uterus?
@zenmeister451 - Yes, people with autism (like Temple, and me) in some cases seem more animal-like or child-like than other people. Not in intelligence or something like that, but in things like these.
When I was about ten years old, I often crawled inside of the duvet covers (is that the name?), so I was inside a very small, closed space. I could lay there for hours.
Dark, tight spaces seems to make me calmer. I guess you could call it the opposite of claustrophobia. :)
Bullshit, autism has nothing to do with genetics, it's all that chemical crap we are eating, that harm our brain chemsitry, fluoride, aspartamine, mercury in vaccines. If autism is hereditary, why we have autism epidemic then, when in the past nobody even heard about i.t
@ElleEstVivante Instead of throwing insults safely behind computer, do some research youself. Searchengine autism and vaccinations. Why do you think we have an autism epidemic today?
@Quex01 We don't, only america does. Thats because every american is mentally retarded, but they are in denial or simply have no idea what those words mean. Due to the autism of course. Really truth be told everyone with a debilitating mental disorder should be killed. I don't say this out of malice but out of pity. Would you condemn a human to a life cursed with the equivalent intelligence of a dog? But then again you probably don't have the courage or morality to end someones suffering.
@DrHerccoel I dont support killing of humans, even if they are retarded permanetly. Everybody has right to live. But you are right, many of americans are chemically injured, dumbed down to a 12 yo mental level. Thats because they can elect most powerful goverment on earth to power. Governing ignorant and stupid people is easy as well as manipulating them. Thats why they are most attacked people too. I feel pitty for them really. That can happen for any of us.
@Quex01 People become aware of it and start connecting the dots about how they've felt sort of different their whole lives. And it's recognized more easily by parents and teachers in school etc., the more public knowledge spreads.
@Quex01 there is NO evidence for that, at ALL. there is plenty of evidence that it's genetic. in all seriousness, the reason we have an "epidemic" now is just because there is more awareness. in the past, autistic people would have just been explained as "idiots", "weirdos" "loners" "retarded", "disturbed" etc. autism was only really named in the last century, and it has been poorly understood until recently. there was no mention of dyslexia in the past either, because dyslexics were
Does anyone think that she liked the squeeze chute so much because she missed the cuddling that she would have gotten from her Mother is she had been able to tolerate it? Amazing woman. I'm so glad she's around to provide more insight into autism.
Compression therapy induces a panic attack. By staying in the panic attack, your nervous system will eventually kick over into calm mode because you cannot physically sustain a panic attack, your body would die from the constant adrenaline rush. I have a 25 pound blanket for this, I still can't be hugged except by certain people who know what to do.
Asspies are all the same. No matter how hard they try stressing their difference, they always come out as arrogant, emotionless robots, with a major superiority complex.
I love when she explains things, because she has a way to explain it so simple so i can visualize it and understand better, though I have no problems with autism, but I wished all professors at universities had her ability to explain thins..a lot less student would fail the exams -.-.
@AeonTam i think since we process information slower than NT people. When we finally get the concept it seems to be more rifined than others. I find i get an almost total understanding of something where as others take to it instantly never really figure out the concept just the initial idea. Some times i cant explain things properly i hope this makes sence but :)
@AeonTam - Albert Einstein said something like if a person cannot explain a complex problem in simple language, then he/she doesn't understand the problem well enough.
@EgyptianPrinceCB If it was left to people with an attitude like yours to procreate then heaven help "our species". Small mindedness and materialism will end our species far quicker than incredible individuals such as Temple Grandin. An inspiration to all! If even just a small part of her knowledge and understanding is passed to other individuals then fantastic! I'm sure the wearing of makeup alone will never revolutionise animal welfare or anything else for that matter!
My brother is autistic and although he has been in my life for what..25 years, after this film I am starting understanding him better. I mean, I am the only one in my family who can actually have a connection with him (I'm his lil sister ^^) and.. I think this movie is going to help me and my family. Thank you!
My 9 yr old boy has Aspergers and he loves being hugged hard...and having his hair played with...this calms him down...I can relate to her squeeze machine.
My niece is retarded and she amuses us all sometimes. There's nothing cruel about finding humor in the strange. There's no malice needed to laugh my friend everybody loves her.
this is basic sensory integration therapy...OTs and other professionals use sensory techniques with autistic folks all the time. I think it is genius she understands this about herself!
@ThumperBunny43 Obsessed with killing cows humanely. And don't we all like to be hugged in some way? She just happens to not like human hugs, but mechanical ones. I understand her situation, actually. I like being hugged pretty tightly by my parents, and, though I've never tried it, a different form of squeeze machine might be nice.
omg watch from when temple is about to get in the machine and than when she's in it for a couple minutes. she sounds so...relaxed! only a true genius would come up with a machine as brilliant as that!!!
i'm totally fine with making "idols out of people's idiosyncrasies" - why not? what we consider non-idiosyncratic is pretty arbitrary and varies considerably from culture to culture.
also, i agree - marriage and wearing makeup are by no means markers of normalcy and sanity.
i agree in not making idols out of anyones idiosynchrasies but i dont consider the current 'norm' as any reliable benchmark for health or sanity.
Perhaps there's far more to her 'abnormal behaviour' than just a biological reason.
If any of us were to be sent back in time to live within a comuntiy of cave men, we would, by comparison to them in their context show some pretty fucking abnormal behaviour.
Just because she's "far from normal" doesn't mean she's rewritten her own definition of normal. The abnormal behavior is not a deficiency in character since we really do not know Dr. Temple herself. Autism will be different for each and every person affected, so there's not much in trying to place why she does what she does.
Being married, having kids, putting on makeup or being social (often difficult for those with autism) are superficial things. Why should these be marks of normality?
I think it's shallow that women would use makeup. If you're beautiful no need to cheapen it.
The great works of science and learning (and Ph. Ds as a result) have propelled human society with newer discoveries that will benefit us and future generations. There are plenty of great discoveries and researches that live on to this day, proving that they will never die with the great men and women who created them.
In fact, the numeral system devised by Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and Al-Kindi are used to this day by the millions.
Women don't have to get married and have kids to be normal or to contribute to society. Don't worry though, there are plenty of other women giving birth, so those women that don't bear children will be offset by the populations that do.
@EgyptianPrinceCB preserve our species? are you kidding me? the world is overpopulated as it is, part of it because of thinking like yours. I'm surprised that with such thinking you're allowed to even use the computer. Are you sure you're supposed to be on it sweetheart? Don't want you to get reprimanded for watching Youtube instead of cooking, putting on make up, or having a kid.
@EgyptianPrinceCB MAKEUP?!?!? Some people don't even need makeup, nor will it do some people any good. And some people can be allergic to it. And anyways, it's better to marry for personality rather than for looks, because looks deteriorate.
And if not having kids is not normal, then it's good to have abnormal people because we're currently sickenly overpopulating this planet. Almost 7bil.
@EgyptianPrinceCB "our job is to preserve OUR species.. what's the point of getting a Ph.D and doing great research that will die with ya if we are not propagating.."
THAT'S your justification? what..? you do realise that we live on a planet that has huge problem with overpopulation, right? how is reducing propagation a bad thing in that context?
Reproduction is an essential trait for any species, and any condition which impairs the ability to reproduce is a problem. Further, marriage and having children are developmental milestones that are like learning to speak or walk, although obviously not as crucial.
@punchdub yup people who use their genius and gave great contribution to the world are the ones who think outside of the box. charles darwin didn't crossed his path that easy, because his theories that most of the people believe today used to be criticised and persecuted.
same as with temple grandin, not all people would commend her, but this is the fact. that she had somehow helped us perceive autism differently.
Who says that normalcy is a good thing? That isn't a scientific principle, it's a philosophical one. And it's a very nonsensical principle, by any rational standard of value. The elevation of normalcy as some sort of ideal is one of the main reasons that psychology is still in a state of pre-science. Science seeks to understand how systems operate. It doesn't dictate what is 'good' or 'bad'. That is the job of ethics, which is a branch of philosophy.
I do not why all the radical feminists are after me.
Somehow the new thinking is to violate the laws of nature, set forth by timeless and ageless rule of God... to tear the world apart and call it a paradise..
man can reason his own destruction. Morality and logic may not always agree.
@DrHerccoel - Why? If you had some form of autism, it would have been your personality ever since you were born. So if you wouldn't kill yourself because you hate your personality so much WITHOUT having the name "autism" on it, then why kill yourself because you were told it was autism?
Because then it would just be the "name" autism that you are "afraid" of or hate, which makes no sense to me.
When I was diagnosed, all I could feel was relief. FINALLY I knew why I was so different.
@Lehmann108 Many of Richard Feynman's critiques of psychology as a 'cargo-cult' science still stand. This doesn't mean that psychology is bogus, just that many psychologists have pretty lax standards when it comes to experimental integrity, peer review, etc. 'Mental illness' is an unscientific term. What are the unique physiological attributes of this brain? How does that affect the functioning of this organ? Those are scientific questions. The value of said attributes is circumstantial.
@EgyptianPrinceCB While I think there's something to be said for not seeing her difficulties as part of her brilliance (although I do think it's fair to commend her way of dealing with them), the things you named seem pretty irrelevant to me. Especially the "putting on make-up" thing - something's quite wrong with a society that deems that necessary for fitting in, in my opinion (or the lack of it for men - but that's another matter).
@VisionQuest2012 Oxytocin is what makes birth muscles contract. Even if it did work for anxiety, it would probably have the nasty side affect of muscle cramps.
how can you call this woman stupid? You're just ignorant, you have no idea what you are talking about, If you dont have an autistic child, you have no idea. Keep your FUCKIN mouth shut, there is no need for your ridiculous comments here. Get a life
I would think that someone with autism (Since some parts of the brain don't "respond" well with others) would be able to do something like drive. Now, I am not educated on anything to do with autism and I have never known anyone with autism. It just makes me wonder lol. Does anyone have some information?
As long as coordination isn't too affected and she can focus on the road, she can drive. the fact that she can quickly take in and process many details in a very small space of time gives her an advantage actually in driving, as she can see where all the other cars on the road are and what they might do based on position and lights flashing and things like that.
mabye i missed the idea of the squeeze machine being a better choice for release rather then medication drugs. cool lady who lives a pretty good life i am done and outta here.
hmm... are you kidding me or actually agree. i dont think cutting chemical addictions solves all problems but eliminates alot from the drug addicts life. all i meant was this girl handles her stress postively independently and puts her genuis ideas to work. a successful functioning human being with autism. i think its way to easy to get prescription drugs and all they do is limit the persons ability to have a successful life. she took a great idea and used it postively. whats the big deal?
atleast she figured out how to release stress and help get on wth it. people use drugs like paxil, zaynax, adorol for stimulation to me thats an easy dependent way out your not really feeling life but masking it causing a lot more problems and addiction making tax us payers pay for your drug addiction by faking injuries and such and just plain old laziness. temples machine odd? hardly its the same thing only something were not custome to. she is independent and genius ideas are put to work.
Temple Gradin is amazing. Those folks with a personal interest in autism might also want to check out Donna Williams from Australlia -- she too has accomplished more than people first expected. As for Temple, I expect she has more surprises on the way!
Sweet! I'm out of my way to care for a spider, and it will be cherished.
Hoobifta 3 weeks ago
my bunk bed does the same thing for me like her squeeze machine. I feel safe and I have nicer thoughts
Writer4ever779 1 month ago
Aah... im not Autistic and i think that machine would help me feel relaxed. :)
Nambypamby37 1 month ago 2
I'm like Temple. I like heavy blankets, and being squeezed, like between cushions of a couch. But I don't like most people to hug me, because I hate the stress that with most people there is always an undertone of some kind of thought or agenda I'm not on the same wavelength with. So people scare me. But deep pressure DOES feel lovely and relaxing.
But to say autism can be "cured" feels as offensive to me as saying lefthandedness can be cured. I'm not sick. I'm just different.
Crunchy68 2 months ago 4
she's mimicing a hug with this machine..someone hug this woman
gufniata 2 months ago
@gufniata Actually she said that while she wanted human hugs, "but it was too much overwhelming stimulation - I like it controlled". The machine works better for her b/c she can control it.
jeannerliu 2 months ago
So she likes bondage?
Xrobx6000X 2 months ago
What is this i dont even
TheDeistAngle 2 months ago
The squeeze machine makes sense. To copy animal treatment is sometimes better than human because what we attribute "psychological" problems to often is purely physical and sometimes it is a simple matter of hugs, exercise and activity. Psychiatry didn't work for her because they were trying to control the body when she found an ideal way of treating the real problem directly. A lot of fear is just the animal aspect of us. So, we can look at it practically instead of blaming ourselves.
holobody 2 months ago
I never knew that the "refrigerator mother" myth was influenced by someone's experiences in a concentration camp. I always assumed it was purely thoughtless misogyny, like most of Freud's ideas. It's still terribly misogynistic, but perhaps not as malicious as I'd thought.
Also, I think that going in a squeeze chute definitely wouldn't make me calmer! I'm not claustrophobic--I've handled being trapped in an elevator just fine. But being in a squeeze chute would still freak me the fuck out.
anemone9 3 months ago
@anemone9 it as like a hug for Temple. Because she didn't like being touched by people
calegirl2469 3 months ago
Squeeze machine = Hug machine
Fabipunkinola 3 months ago
wow that whole mother thing for the blame is quite ridiculous I must say.....it's scary that people use to believe that....prob the same people that believed masturbation would turn you blind
tcoom76 4 months ago
I want a squeeze machine!
HalfRaccoonScientist 4 months ago
"Being held gives you nicer thoughts." That made me so sad :(
CallMeSplavinska 5 months ago
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If you have Autism, you have Mercury poisoning. PERIOD.
Here's Why: The Autistic does not produce Glutathione in sufficient amount, to detox vaccine mercury and aluminum. Mercury blocks Tubulin in the nerves.
How to treat: Alpha Lipoic Acid, N-Acetyl Cystein, Chlorella, Cilantro, Threelac. Grind up and mix them into a Bathhouse Farms Green Goodness, give 1/4 of the bottle over 4 days. Bentonite Clay bath at night, then Melatonin.
Next day, vitamins, esp. B6/B12, Repeat.
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moscowjade 5 months ago in playlist Autism - Temple Grandin
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praisetothesinners 4 months ago
what is this i dont even
nyso85 7 months ago 3
around 9:00 best explanation of the brain i ever saw :p
letsgetverydrunk 7 months ago
Im sorry, but that squeeze chute is hilarious. I still love this woman.
TheLiberalSoup 7 months ago 2
My cat certainly does not like to be wrapped up tightly in a blanket, or plastic wrap. I thought it would help his aspergers. He just freaks out.
rustyfiero 9 months ago
LOL! The squeeze chute. I have Asperger's. Containing myself to the tub is a calming influence on my life. When very stressed one or two tub baths a day, when not so stressed, once or twice a week. Being alone in water does that for me. I, too, like the control. People use blankets, even weighted blankets, for the same effect.
Claironess 10 months ago 2
i wonder if fathers were ever blamed for how children turned out? probably not.
karlsmith00 10 months ago 44
@karlsmith00 Girls with daddy issues?
jehoma 6 months ago
@jehoma well girls may have daddy issues but males are never held responsible. for anything.
karlsmith00 6 months ago
@karlsmith00 if you think males are never held responsible for anything then you have a seriously skewed view of reality.
robokill387 5 months ago
@robokill387 you should start off by reading the adam and eve story in genesis, literally the beginning of time. males aren't held responsible for anything because they've convinced themselves and the world that they're never wrong. i've never heard of a "refrigerator father" theory. that's my point.
karlsmith00 4 months ago
@karlsmith00 I like Dr. Seuss but I don't go around telling people about the stories
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@karlsmith00 - "i wonder if fathers were ever blamed for how children turned out? probably not." Being a father, of course we are blamed, often for everything that goes wrong. But in these kinds of cases they site the mother. Disturbances caused in early childhood would be associated with mothering. The father tends to come in a bit later, especially in adolescence.
holobody 2 months ago
@karlsmith00 ...actually they are often blamed...but usually by their wives. :-)
fz1844 1 month ago
@fz1844 nope. their wives are the ones that get the blame. there is refrigerator father theory. women get blamed, not men.
karlsmith00 1 month ago
she is telling me that the thing wont hurt the cows??? srsly????
HorsecrazyMichelle 10 months ago
@HorsecrazyMichelle it may hurt them a small bit, but it's so they don't get sick and suffer later on. Like getting a booster shot, it hurts for like 2 seconds and then nothing.
geckorus10 10 months ago
gb2 your hugbox
gtfonow1 11 months ago
the part where the psychologist was talking about scientific knowledge pissed me off.
Psychology has nothing to do with science and never will.
kozmon0t 11 months ago
@kozmon0t Well that seems to be a bit of an overgeneralization. Psychology is a very broad field. Think of it this way: human cognition & behavior is a very real thing in the world, with real principles behind it. Psychology is about uncovering these principles, and it's not to be characterized by any one method of investigation (because, as I mentioned, it's too broad for that) but rather by this common goal of everybody involved in psychology. It includes sound science as well.
Whatsifsowhatsit 11 months ago
@Whatsifsowhatsit Psychology doesn't even have a discrete definition of its subject. Even the concept of "cognition" is an arbitrary product of 19th century paradigms.
Think of it this way: there AREN'T principles behind cognition and behavior. Why assume there are?
Psychology isn't a broad field, it's a field with a vague subject. Varied methods don't make it one bit scientific. Especially considering the subhuman criminality of most of its history. Imprisonment, mutilation, drug pushing.
kozmon0t 11 months ago 2
@kozmon0t Well, I assume there are principles behind anything because I'm a determinist & I believe every effect has its cause(s).
Also I didn't meanthat it was scientific because it has varied methods, I mean because it has varied methods it might seem less structured/organized or some such. But psychology does fit just about all definitions about science (that I could find). And we learned a lot from it already - even if you don't see it as a science you could still see value in that imo.
Whatsifsowhatsit 11 months ago
@kozmon0t Excuse me but psychology is a science. What world do you live in?
nibblesxsips 6 months ago
@nibblesxsips a world of very educated people who dare to think outside the box. We're called philosopher-mathematicians, sometimes.
Just about every box people think in was invented by a philosopher-mathematician. Most people need a box for their thoughts, I guess.
kozmon0t 6 months ago
"come down with it."
i was born with it, you nut. its a gift. and no, they were not vaccinated at birth. also, upon tedious amounts of research, i have found strong scientific evidence of autism's genetic lineage.this research was done in fact, for my soon to be finished memoir, entitled "Autism Shmautism, the life and times of an autistic child, as told by an autistic child." in said book, i discuss to much length the autism rights movement, a
wesleymcbob 11 months ago
@twindwick
haha, your weird.
ive been a high functioning aspie my entire life, and never recieved a vaccination until middle school.
however, my dads enitre male liniage had autism disorders before me.
explain that, kooky one.
wesleymcbob 11 months ago
@twindwick i dont live in the UK and these studies arent media studies they're research papers and scientific journals.
jackonmsn 1 year ago
@twindwick the european union phased it out a good while ago. and yet autism is still at the same rate. its been proven on numerous occasions to have no link. if there was one it would have been dropped sooner. now its been dropped here just to stop people blaming it
jackonmsn 1 year ago
@twindwick how do you explain autism now in countries where the mercury based preservative isnt used ?
jackonmsn 1 year ago
I wonder if the squeeze machine can become a "drug" of autistic people... Like them becoming addicting to it.
Shinaah 1 year ago
@Shinaah Each autistic person is different, they aren't all the same. She doesn't like to be touched, but the squeeze machine creates a hugging sensation that relaxes her. I, however, do liked to be hugged, but I am more high funtioning then she is. The way I calm down is by television, because that's my obession, or taking a pill that makes me sleepy, thereby making relaxed.
Gothka13 11 months ago
@Gothka13
agreed.when i get anxious, i play pokemon for hours on end.
pokemon + high functioning aspergers syndrome = me being happy.
wesleymcbob 11 months ago
Thank you, AngelMnemosyne. Great documentary!
formichedappertutto 1 year ago
I think a nice warm shower does the same for me.
rkscan 1 year ago
I wtf'd
HotCheeseSticks 1 year ago
Yes, that explains it perfectly!
yeahtoast22 1 year ago
GIMMIE A SQUEEZE CHUTE ♥
JakesNotDrinking 1 year ago
As for the 'squeeze-chute'... Curiously, a standard operating procedure for Russian babies is tight 'swaddling'. They wrap then until they look like little mummies. Babies seem to feel calmed/comforted by it even though, from the 'outside' it appears to be almost cruel. Perhaps it's a biological/memory response to being held tightly within the uterus?
zenmeister451 1 year ago
@zenmeister451 many autistic children do well with things like this, weighted blankets, and hammock kind of things
opinionatediam 1 year ago
@zenmeister451 - Yes, people with autism (like Temple, and me) in some cases seem more animal-like or child-like than other people. Not in intelligence or something like that, but in things like these.
When I was about ten years old, I often crawled inside of the duvet covers (is that the name?), so I was inside a very small, closed space. I could lay there for hours.
Dark, tight spaces seems to make me calmer. I guess you could call it the opposite of claustrophobia. :)
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greemanmoski45 1 year ago
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ElleEstVivante 1 year ago
Bullshit, autism has nothing to do with genetics, it's all that chemical crap we are eating, that harm our brain chemsitry, fluoride, aspartamine, mercury in vaccines. If autism is hereditary, why we have autism epidemic then, when in the past nobody even heard about i.t
Quex01 1 year ago
@Quex01 Hi. You're stupid.
ElleEstVivante 1 year ago
@ElleEstVivante Ok, didn't know that. Anything else?
Quex01 1 year ago
@ElleEstVivante Instead of throwing insults safely behind computer, do some research youself. Searchengine autism and vaccinations. Why do you think we have an autism epidemic today?
Quex01 1 year ago
@Quex01 Hehe. You're so easily provoked.
FTWinnable 1 year ago
@FTWinnable Yes i am. Fuck you.
Quex01 1 year ago
@Quex01 We don't, only america does. Thats because every american is mentally retarded, but they are in denial or simply have no idea what those words mean. Due to the autism of course. Really truth be told everyone with a debilitating mental disorder should be killed. I don't say this out of malice but out of pity. Would you condemn a human to a life cursed with the equivalent intelligence of a dog? But then again you probably don't have the courage or morality to end someones suffering.
DrHerccoel 1 year ago
@DrHerccoel I dont support killing of humans, even if they are retarded permanetly. Everybody has right to live. But you are right, many of americans are chemically injured, dumbed down to a 12 yo mental level. Thats because they can elect most powerful goverment on earth to power. Governing ignorant and stupid people is easy as well as manipulating them. Thats why they are most attacked people too. I feel pitty for them really. That can happen for any of us.
Quex01 1 year ago
@Quex01
Autism didn't even have a name until 1938. Of course there's an "epidemic" of diagnosis.
faeryshivers 1 year ago
@Quex01 People become aware of it and start connecting the dots about how they've felt sort of different their whole lives. And it's recognized more easily by parents and teachers in school etc., the more public knowledge spreads.
Whatsifsowhatsit 11 months ago
@Quex01 there is NO evidence for that, at ALL. there is plenty of evidence that it's genetic. in all seriousness, the reason we have an "epidemic" now is just because there is more awareness. in the past, autistic people would have just been explained as "idiots", "weirdos" "loners" "retarded", "disturbed" etc. autism was only really named in the last century, and it has been poorly understood until recently. there was no mention of dyslexia in the past either, because dyslexics were
robokill387 5 months ago
@Quex01 cont... simply written off as stupid.
robokill387 5 months ago
Does anyone think that she liked the squeeze chute so much because she missed the cuddling that she would have gotten from her Mother is she had been able to tolerate it? Amazing woman. I'm so glad she's around to provide more insight into autism.
susieham 1 year ago
@susieham
Compression therapy induces a panic attack. By staying in the panic attack, your nervous system will eventually kick over into calm mode because you cannot physically sustain a panic attack, your body would die from the constant adrenaline rush. I have a 25 pound blanket for this, I still can't be hugged except by certain people who know what to do.
faeryshivers 1 year ago
@mediolagana what the hell is wrong with you? and if you didn't give an eff about it how did you get to part 3 of this series?
ccyndi1 1 year ago
@ccyndi1 there was a link straight to pt 3 ED:s assburger section. FUCKING LOL
sdry 1 year ago
@mediolagana I think that would also be an adjective that could possibly be used about you in this context. PERIOD.
TheCarlScharnberg 1 year ago
She is my hero. <3
wolftheboy92 1 year ago 2
Lmfao. Wut.
Marzbarz007 1 year ago
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tis woman has crazy, sadistic, bondage, lesbian sex ...no doubt
oticgrl 1 year ago
This woman is a hero for those mentally challenged people and their families that there is a light at the end of the tunnel,
shj94 1 year ago
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I bet she would enjoy it better with a leather mask, ball and gag.
amindlessidiot 1 year ago
I love this lady !!!!!!!!!!!
junequeenofscots 1 year ago
Asspies are all the same. No matter how hard they try stressing their difference, they always come out as arrogant, emotionless robots, with a major superiority complex.
Erich745 1 year ago
@Erich745 otherwise known as aspergers?
grendelee 1 year ago
I love when she explains things, because she has a way to explain it so simple so i can visualize it and understand better, though I have no problems with autism, but I wished all professors at universities had her ability to explain thins..a lot less student would fail the exams -.-.
this woman is absolutely fascinating!
AeonTam 1 year ago 66
@AeonTam i completely agree she is a remarkable woman and alot of us could learn alot from her, did you see the movie about her life? excellent movie
TheLaurawaura 1 year ago
@AeonTam i think since we process information slower than NT people. When we finally get the concept it seems to be more rifined than others. I find i get an almost total understanding of something where as others take to it instantly never really figure out the concept just the initial idea. Some times i cant explain things properly i hope this makes sence but :)
toulouse1482 9 months ago 2
@AeonTam I was thinking the same thing :)
badda71 8 months ago
@AeonTam - Albert Einstein said something like if a person cannot explain a complex problem in simple language, then he/she doesn't understand the problem well enough.
ursusarctosana 6 months ago
Thank God for Dr. RImland or we might still be persecuting the parents of autistic children today.
joah07 1 year ago
I wonder if a hammock would give the same effect. ;)
Inacrunch 1 year ago
I loved her brain/corporation analogy - it helps to understand autism.
jdlaw001 1 year ago
lolhugbox
erosenin7777 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB If it was left to people with an attitude like yours to procreate then heaven help "our species". Small mindedness and materialism will end our species far quicker than incredible individuals such as Temple Grandin. An inspiration to all! If even just a small part of her knowledge and understanding is passed to other individuals then fantastic! I'm sure the wearing of makeup alone will never revolutionise animal welfare or anything else for that matter!
RACWAT1 1 year ago
My brother is autistic and although he has been in my life for what..25 years, after this film I am starting understanding him better. I mean, I am the only one in my family who can actually have a connection with him (I'm his lil sister ^^) and.. I think this movie is going to help me and my family. Thank you!
virgoeyes 1 year ago
Amazing woman !
2009ginasweetie 1 year ago
@2009ginasweetie yes she is, unlike you you pig ugly bastard.
driedhumour 1 year ago
Jeez I wish this documentary had more to do about cows than autism.
pulakification 1 year ago
LOLWUT...
Gee thanks ED... what the fuck am I watching? D:
Mulitfrog 1 year ago 10
@Mulitfrog
ED always leads me to amazing "what the fuck am i watching" YT videos.
HWGuyEG 1 year ago
@HWGuyEG lawl, also sent by ED.
phrenological 1 year ago
@Mulitfrog ED? Eatingdisorder?
11moii 1 year ago
@11moii Encyclopedia Drammatica. lrn2internet ;p
Mulitfrog 1 year ago
@Mulitfrog Irn2internet? What the heck are you talking about!?
11moii 1 year ago
@11moii Google.
Learn to employ the usage of Google.
Googling for the term "ED" should yield a link to Encyclopedia Drammatica.
And also, learn more abbreviations used online, however, this is just mere useless converse, so I shall desist.
Mulitfrog 1 year ago
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She needs a Man.
stonewindimmortal 1 year ago
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@stonewindimmortal
no, she needs a bullet to the head
Mulitfrog 1 year ago
My 9 yr old boy has Aspergers and he loves being hugged hard...and having his hair played with...this calms him down...I can relate to her squeeze machine.
AUSSIEBADGIRL 1 year ago 2
My niece is retarded and she amuses us all sometimes. There's nothing cruel about finding humor in the strange. There's no malice needed to laugh my friend everybody loves her.
kingcletusthecatfish 1 year ago 2
Interesting...it's ike a big hug? I'd think it would pertain to Sadal masochism...but who knows! good documentary though!
NiteOwl1224 1 year ago
ABOUT ONCE A WEEK.....she sounds pretty angry about it. Her autism has amused me.
kingcletusthecatfish 1 year ago
this is basic sensory integration therapy...OTs and other professionals use sensory techniques with autistic folks all the time. I think it is genius she understands this about herself!
laquita1967 1 year ago 3
She built her own squeeze chute! OMG this woman has some major screws loose. Obsessed with killing cows, getting squeezed, weird weird weird.
ThumperBunny43 1 year ago
@ThumperBunny43 Obsessed with killing cows humanely. And don't we all like to be hugged in some way? She just happens to not like human hugs, but mechanical ones. I understand her situation, actually. I like being hugged pretty tightly by my parents, and, though I've never tried it, a different form of squeeze machine might be nice.
adrimare1 1 year ago
WAIT, why did she want to try that? and why did she stay in it for so long.
colekrieger69 1 year ago
I take people 4 who they r even if they have autism or no autism but i dont take bad people 4 who they r.
teddygeigersgrl212 1 year ago
I feel like I want a hug machine now.
Crunchy68 1 year ago
omg watch from when temple is about to get in the machine and than when she's in it for a couple minutes. she sounds so...relaxed! only a true genius would come up with a machine as brilliant as that!!!
bridgeviewproduction 1 year ago 3
@bridgeviewproduction
Brilliant? really
colekrieger69 1 year ago
It's like a hug without a human interaction. . .she's brilliant!!
JeffsBabyDoll63 1 year ago
I have to wonder how the cattle people figured out that the squeeze chute worked for the animals.
InYourFaceNewYorker 1 year ago
Everyone below is an idiot. QUIT ARGUING ABOUT EVERYTHING. Arguing under a Temple Grandin video? SERIOUSLY? Society is headed in the wrong path.
dtpbael 1 year ago
i'm totally fine with making "idols out of people's idiosyncrasies" - why not? what we consider non-idiosyncratic is pretty arbitrary and varies considerably from culture to culture.
also, i agree - marriage and wearing makeup are by no means markers of normalcy and sanity.
lollipopthug 1 year ago 4
So, she never married and never had children and doesn't put on make up or build bridges to any social setting...
that's far from normal. yes, brilliance for a deemed hopeless child is nothing short of a miracle..
but abnormal behavior is not be understood as part of that brilliance but a deficiency in character due to biological reasons.
EgyptianPrinceCB 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB
deficiency in character?
i agree in not making idols out of anyones idiosynchrasies but i dont consider the current 'norm' as any reliable benchmark for health or sanity.
Perhaps there's far more to her 'abnormal behaviour' than just a biological reason.
If any of us were to be sent back in time to live within a comuntiy of cave men, we would, by comparison to them in their context show some pretty fucking abnormal behaviour.
There is no such thing as objective intelligence.
PANMESTIGUS 1 year ago
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hey your wrong go back to your hole, the cow lady is a no life
Yourthemanman 1 year ago
Just because she's "far from normal" doesn't mean she's rewritten her own definition of normal. The abnormal behavior is not a deficiency in character since we really do not know Dr. Temple herself. Autism will be different for each and every person affected, so there's not much in trying to place why she does what she does.
Being married, having kids, putting on makeup or being social (often difficult for those with autism) are superficial things. Why should these be marks of normality?
dofer490 1 year ago
are you from another planet??
women and makeup are as natural as a pig in the mud..
and yes, if a woman can't get married and have kids before her ovaries dry up... then it is not normal..
our job is to preserve OUR species.. what's the point of getting a Ph.D and doing great research that will die with ya if we are not propagating..
makeup helps to preserve the continuity of humanity...
EgyptianPrinceCB 1 year ago
I think it's shallow that women would use makeup. If you're beautiful no need to cheapen it.
The great works of science and learning (and Ph. Ds as a result) have propelled human society with newer discoveries that will benefit us and future generations. There are plenty of great discoveries and researches that live on to this day, proving that they will never die with the great men and women who created them.
dofer490 1 year ago
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dofer490 1 year ago
In fact, the numeral system devised by Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and Al-Kindi are used to this day by the millions.
Women don't have to get married and have kids to be normal or to contribute to society. Don't worry though, there are plenty of other women giving birth, so those women that don't bear children will be offset by the populations that do.
dofer490 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB Your narrowmindedness astounds me.
InYourFaceNewYorker 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB preserve our species? are you kidding me? the world is overpopulated as it is, part of it because of thinking like yours. I'm surprised that with such thinking you're allowed to even use the computer. Are you sure you're supposed to be on it sweetheart? Don't want you to get reprimanded for watching Youtube instead of cooking, putting on make up, or having a kid.
isisn979 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB MAKEUP?!?!? Some people don't even need makeup, nor will it do some people any good. And some people can be allergic to it. And anyways, it's better to marry for personality rather than for looks, because looks deteriorate.
And if not having kids is not normal, then it's good to have abnormal people because we're currently sickenly overpopulating this planet. Almost 7bil.
adrimare1 1 year ago 2
@EgyptianPrinceCB "our job is to preserve OUR species.. what's the point of getting a Ph.D and doing great research that will die with ya if we are not propagating.."
THAT'S your justification? what..? you do realise that we live on a planet that has huge problem with overpopulation, right? how is reducing propagation a bad thing in that context?
robokill387 5 months ago
Reproduction is an essential trait for any species, and any condition which impairs the ability to reproduce is a problem. Further, marriage and having children are developmental milestones that are like learning to speak or walk, although obviously not as crucial.
Gallifrey77203 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB, i would never say that Dr. Grandin's abnormal behaviour is part of her brilliance, it's 100% the cause of her genius.
in modern America we celibrate people for thinking outside the box....Dr. Gradin's Autism makes it impossible for her to think inside the box
punchdub 1 year ago 2
@punchdub yup people who use their genius and gave great contribution to the world are the ones who think outside of the box. charles darwin didn't crossed his path that easy, because his theories that most of the people believe today used to be criticised and persecuted.
same as with temple grandin, not all people would commend her, but this is the fact. that she had somehow helped us perceive autism differently.
anicriz 1 year ago 2
Who says that normalcy is a good thing? That isn't a scientific principle, it's a philosophical one. And it's a very nonsensical principle, by any rational standard of value. The elevation of normalcy as some sort of ideal is one of the main reasons that psychology is still in a state of pre-science. Science seeks to understand how systems operate. It doesn't dictate what is 'good' or 'bad'. That is the job of ethics, which is a branch of philosophy.
Skepsikyma 1 year ago 57
I do not why all the radical feminists are after me.
Somehow the new thinking is to violate the laws of nature, set forth by timeless and ageless rule of God... to tear the world apart and call it a paradise..
man can reason his own destruction. Morality and logic may not always agree.
EgyptianPrinceCB 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB Move to fucking Afghanistan then, I'm sure the Taliban would love you there.
WeatherMondacicci 1 year ago
@Skepsikyma
You used to many buzzwords and i couldnt follow what you were saying
colekrieger69 1 year ago
@Skepsikyma
i don't think psychology is in a state of pre-science...but most of the pseudo-science out there can seem like a form of psychology.
nevaeh87 1 year ago 3
@Skepsikyma Thats fine and all but if a doctor said I had autism I would kill myself. Just saying.
DrHerccoel 1 year ago
@DrHerccoel - Why? If you had some form of autism, it would have been your personality ever since you were born. So if you wouldn't kill yourself because you hate your personality so much WITHOUT having the name "autism" on it, then why kill yourself because you were told it was autism?
Because then it would just be the "name" autism that you are "afraid" of or hate, which makes no sense to me.
When I was diagnosed, all I could feel was relief. FINALLY I knew why I was so different.
Skywalker91 1 year ago
@Skepsikyma Don't romanticize mental illness. Psychology is not a "pre-science" it is a young science.
Lehmann108 1 year ago
@Lehmann108 Many of Richard Feynman's critiques of psychology as a 'cargo-cult' science still stand. This doesn't mean that psychology is bogus, just that many psychologists have pretty lax standards when it comes to experimental integrity, peer review, etc. 'Mental illness' is an unscientific term. What are the unique physiological attributes of this brain? How does that affect the functioning of this organ? Those are scientific questions. The value of said attributes is circumstantial.
Skepsikyma 1 year ago
@EgyptianPrinceCB While I think there's something to be said for not seeing her difficulties as part of her brilliance (although I do think it's fair to commend her way of dealing with them), the things you named seem pretty irrelevant to me. Especially the "putting on make-up" thing - something's quite wrong with a society that deems that necessary for fitting in, in my opinion (or the lack of it for men - but that's another matter).
Whatsifsowhatsit 11 months ago 7
@EgyptianPrinceCB just because it's "abnormal" doesn't make it bad. she's not harming anyone, why should you care?
robokill387 5 months ago
"back to uterus" syndrome ~~<3
Naproxenum 1 year ago
Man o man, what if she got stuck?!
birdlynn09 1 year ago
I love how she takes her hands off the wheel while she's driving.. LOL
Curtis006 1 year ago
I love how your comment is stupid and irrelevant to ANYTHING. ASSHOLE!!!
absoftitanium 1 year ago
@absoftitanium
What the fuck are you talking about?
Curtis006 1 year ago
They are finding a hormone called Oxytocin might help with the anxiety.
VisionQuest2012 1 year ago
@VisionQuest2012 Oxytocin is what makes birth muscles contract. Even if it did work for anxiety, it would probably have the nasty side affect of muscle cramps.
adrimare1 1 year ago
I saw her lecture at the local university.
robdun 1 year ago
how can you call this woman stupid? You're just ignorant, you have no idea what you are talking about, If you dont have an autistic child, you have no idea. Keep your FUCKIN mouth shut, there is no need for your ridiculous comments here. Get a life
duffmanIVXX 1 year ago 2
I wonder how she got her drivers license.
I would think that someone with autism (Since some parts of the brain don't "respond" well with others) would be able to do something like drive. Now, I am not educated on anything to do with autism and I have never known anyone with autism. It just makes me wonder lol. Does anyone have some information?
Lukie99 1 year ago
As long as coordination isn't too affected and she can focus on the road, she can drive. the fact that she can quickly take in and process many details in a very small space of time gives her an advantage actually in driving, as she can see where all the other cars on the road are and what they might do based on position and lights flashing and things like that.
adrimare1 1 year ago
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My first wife was a woman who looked like a cow.
Captainsloppy 1 year ago
mabye i missed the idea of the squeeze machine being a better choice for release rather then medication drugs. cool lady who lives a pretty good life i am done and outta here.
butters174 1 year ago
hmm... are you kidding me or actually agree. i dont think cutting chemical addictions solves all problems but eliminates alot from the drug addicts life. all i meant was this girl handles her stress postively independently and puts her genuis ideas to work. a successful functioning human being with autism. i think its way to easy to get prescription drugs and all they do is limit the persons ability to have a successful life. she took a great idea and used it postively. whats the big deal?
butters174 1 year ago
atleast she figured out how to release stress and help get on wth it. people use drugs like paxil, zaynax, adorol for stimulation to me thats an easy dependent way out your not really feeling life but masking it causing a lot more problems and addiction making tax us payers pay for your drug addiction by faking injuries and such and just plain old laziness. temples machine odd? hardly its the same thing only something were not custome to. she is independent and genius ideas are put to work.
butters174 1 year ago
I completely agree with you 100% and believe you are a genius and the answer to ALL the worlds problems
austinden611 1 year ago
Temple Gradin is amazing. Those folks with a personal interest in autism might also want to check out Donna Williams from Australlia -- she too has accomplished more than people first expected. As for Temple, I expect she has more surprises on the way!
snausages773 2 years ago 3
after watching the movie it opened up my mind about autism and asperger's. i have a lot of respect for Temple =)
toughallover85 2 years ago 9
I have one but it is called a Fleshlight.
aDutchProduction 2 years ago
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Why doesn't she just get some big muscley guy to come live with her and squeeze her LOL
ffhk1 2 years ago
She doesn't like other people hugging her.
amm019 2 years ago
how appropriate you fight like a cow.
TheNightWriter101 2 years ago
That machine is much like her weed or something, lol.
PObserver 2 years ago
No, YOU are much like a weed, and should be exterminated.
absoftitanium 1 year ago
Smoke some weed yourself.
PObserver 1 year ago
>8^D
absoftitanium 1 year ago