Blank on Blank - Season 1 Episode 59 Temple Grandin On Her Search Engine
""Everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function."" - Temple Grandin in 2008, from an oral history at Colorado State University
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You’ve probably heard the story that Einstein - whose name is synonymous with genius - didn’t seem destined for much when he was a small child. He was years behind other children when it came to learning to talk, he did horribly in school. It seems that Einstein’s brain just worked differently than most other people’s. And many people these days are saying that Einstein was probably autistic - one of them is Temple Grandin.
Temple Grandin is a professor of animal sciences who’s worked in the meat industry to invent kinder ways to lead cattle to slaughter. She’s also autistic - the high-functioning version known as Asperger’s Syndrome. Autism, in case you don’t know, is a brain disorder that tends to affect people’s social skills, like the ability to read facial expressions and body language, but it can also mean extraordinary talent in math, music and the visual arts.
Temple Grandin has become something of a celebrity of autism. She’s written books, given TED talks, and she’s been around the world to speak on the subject. Claire Danes has even played her in a movie about her life.
As part of our special series, The Experimenters--where we uncover interviews with the icons of science, technology, and innovation…-- we found this interview in the holdings of Colorado State University, where Temple teaches. In this conversation, Temple’s at her best, explaining for the rest of us what it’s really like to have an autistic brain and how Einstein’s not the only genius who could have been dismissed for being different.
Additional support from PRX and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Director: David Gerlach
Cast: Howard Smith, Mike Wallace, Joe Smith
Crew: Patrick Smith (Animation), Amy Drozdowska (Producer), David Gerlach (Executive Producer), Jennifer Yoo (Animation)
First Air Date: May 09, 2012
Last Air date: Jan 24, 2017
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 80 Episode
Runtime: 6 minutes
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 3.909
Language: English
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