From Jezebel:
I was raised in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and manners were drilled into me. I see kids [on the spectrum] today that have no manners. That’s going to hurt them. You can’t punish a child who is acting out because of sensory overload. But it’s unacceptable to see kids throwing things and slapping people. I see kids with Asperger’s [a mild form of autism] who can’t hold a job because they are constantly late. Teach kids to use an alarm clock. This is common sense and sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.
I saw a preview on HBO for the upcoming movie about Ms. Grandin’s life and it looks phenomenal. We don’t have HBO but I’m determined to get a copy of it somehow.
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February 8, 2010
Hopefully without giving much away: I saw the movie and it was pretty awesome. Danes did a terrific job. I went into it knowing a lot about autism but very little about Grandin, so I was a little surprised by the “slaughterhouse design” aspect of her work.
She did mention the importance of manners in the movie, which made sense to me because autistics tend to like the rigid rules. Though their interpretations of the rules may vary. Danes is (perhaps unintentionally) hilarious when she says “Hii’mtemplegrandinit’snicetomeetyou” over and over while meeting a small group of people.
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