MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'grandin'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942964&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Ftemple-grandin-calvin-grand-rapids-mi%2F Animal Behavior Researcher and Autism self-advocate Dr. Temple Grandin will be speaking in Grand Rapids, MI in January.  She is currently a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.  She recently made the headlines worldwide when a movie about her won 5 Emmy awards.  Grandin is a leading advocate for those with Autism and [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942964 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:13:21 +0100 3942964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942967&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Ftemple-grandin-wins-5-emmy-awards%2F An HBO movie portraying Temple Grandin has won 5 Emmy Awards.  The Movie Is Now Available on DVD for $15! The Movie Temple Grandin created about HBO about an autistic researcher who studies animal behavior has won 5 Emmy Awards.  Dr. Temple Grandin does not hide the fact she has autism and is a huge [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942967 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:33:38 +0100 3942967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767254&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fhbo-temple-grandin-movie-2%2F I just found out HBO created a movie on Temple Grandin, an autistic science that works with animal research. I first learned about Temple Grandin when Katelyn emailed me some YouTube video’s and frankly she has had some awesome talks, and even hosted a TED Talk. I have not seen the video myself but here [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767254 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:06:32 +0100 3767254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378677&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fpresenting-temple-grandin%2F As I have nothing to post currently, and am just getting back from a one week ‘mecation’ here is a presentation by Temple Grandin on Autism and Aspergers.  Check it out! (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378677 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:46:50 +0100 3378677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283769&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Ftemple-grandin-bbc-documentary.html Lately many people have been commenting on the HBO Temple Grandin movie that was just released. I watched the movie this last week with my family. Overall, I would say that it was pretty good. I don't expect Hollywood to get many things right, but I'd say they did a pretty fair job with this treatment. Claire Danes did a much better job than I expected. I feared before seeing it that she was much too "glamorous" for the role, but she did a good job of capturing the general tone, and playing things pretty straight.Here's the trailer from the HBO movie:TrailerBuddy Boy told me several years ago that his mind was like "a video camera. I can just hit rewind, and see things over again." He had never heard of Temple Grandin at the time. After seeing the movie, he asked if I thought Temple could ... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283769 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:08:00 +0100 3283769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800621&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F-ISYz0aKuH0%2F Fall is conference season, and Autism Conferences of America is holding its second New York City event Oct. 3rd and 4th. The theme is Educating and Healing Children with Autism, and featured speakers include Eustacia Cutler, mother of Temple Grandin. Cutler will speak about raising her extraordinary daughter at the opening talk on Saturday morning. Photo courtesy of Frenkieb (flickr.com) Other sessions will focus on special needs trusts, yoga for children with autism, evaluating communication skills in children with autistic spectrum disorders and biomedical treatments. Other speakers include David Kirby, author of “Evidence of Harm,” and Kim Stagliano, from the website Age of Autism, so there’s likely an anti-vaccine, pro-biomedical slant to the conference. Still, info o... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800621 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:58:24 +0100 2800621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367966&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2F5E7o-scKBDg%2Fwomen-with-autism-4-reasons.html Women with autism are real women. They live, they give birth to babies, they study, they laugh, they go to the movies, museum, café. They travel, explore, read, talk, think, feed this world just as other women do. Women with autism need the world to show ourselves. The world needs them, with their special talents and gifts. The time has come for women with autism to step into the spotlights. The need, is growing for understanding about autistic women. Here are 4 Reasons Life is not always easy for women with autism. Actually, for women with autism life is more difficult then for men with autism. 1.NOT DIAGNOSED AS AUTISM MAKES WOMEN FEEL ISOLATEDThe difficulties woman deal with are simply not diagnosed as being autism. Many women feel they are different then other women, but have no clue ... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367966 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0100 2367966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365334&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2F5E7o-scKBDg%2Fwomen-with-autism-4-reasons.html Women with autism are real women. They live, they give birth to babies, they study, they laugh, they go to the movies, museum, café. They travel, explore, read, talk, think, feed this world just as other women do. We need the world to show ourselves. The world needs us, with our capablities of being probalble more verbaleThe time has come for women with autism to step into the spotlights. The need, is growing for understanding about autistic women. Here are 4 Reasons Life is not always easy for women with autism. Actually, for women with autism life is more difficult then for men with autism. 1.NOT DIAGNOSED AS AUTISM MAKES WOMEN FEEL ISOLATEDThe difficulties woman deal with are simply not diagnosed as being autism. Many women feel they are different then other women, but have no clue wha... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365334 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0100 2365334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1990892&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F8urjr_op6Vc%2F 8-gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps has ADHD: Did he succeed not so much in spite of having ADHD, but, in part, because he does? Tara Parker-Pope on the New York Times Well blog posed this question. Allow me to rephrase it in terms of autism and (to refer to an oft-mentioned figure), animal scientist Temple Grandin. Did Grandin succeed not so much in spite of being autistic, but because she is? And as some will not doubt rush in to point out that Grandin is very “hfa,” I’ll note that some things that can make things very trying for more son—his intensive need for order and his particular, deep-running sensory needs—can be of benefit. I always know where to look for his items and he’s becoming a champion grocery-put-awayer. I don’t think he’d ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1990892 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:56:59 +0100 1990892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1811354&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FXLbtdpuVjxc%2F Performing Arts Studio West provides training and management for developmentally disabled individuals. The September 18th KNBC features PASW and some of the actors who train there (with video, too). It’s noted that founder and director John Paizis would “like to see the industry begin to cast disabled actors in non-disabled parts, and PASW will continue to provide training and — perhaps more importantly — encouragement.” A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that actress Claire Danes is to play Temple Grandin in an HBO biopic: But maybe some other actress (an autistic actress?) ought to take the part? Share This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1811354 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:15:24 +0100 1811354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1809831&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FRKl78YBclGo%2F Charlie and I caught the PATH train in Jersey City and got off at 23rd Street in Manhattan. We usually take it all the way to the end at 33rd Street where we catch a subway up to where Jim’s office is near Lincoln Center and get some dinner together but Friday night was different. Philosopher Ian Hacking, Professor Emeritus of the College de France, was giving a lecture on How We Have Been Learning to Talk About Autism as a keynote lecture for a conference, Cognitive Disability: A Challenge to Moral Philosophy. The conference’s stated aim was to explore philosophical questions about three specific populations — people with autism, Alzheimer’s disease, and those labeled “mentally retarded” with those questions specifically being: Personhood: Should individua... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1809831 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:53:25 +0100 1809831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1709269&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fa1f0hZqGe9g%2F First, I must confess: I was very fond of My So-Called Life, the TV show that brought actress Claire Danes to fame, and that only lasted (sigh) one season. For better and for worse, I still channel “Angela Chase” and hear that voice of teenage girl discontent on seeing Danes’s name—-so now I’m not quite sure how to think of Danes playing autistic scientist Temple Grandin in an HBO biopic. A commenter offers some leading questions about Danes in this role and the August 15th New York Magazine asks about how she’ll be “playing the autistic” in the context of the movie many of us are not so happy about for its used of the r-word, Tropic Thunder. Here’s what New York Magazine has to say: In Tropic Thunder’s most talked-about — both ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709269 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:13:42 +0100 1709269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1709273&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FeNdk2BC57O4%2F HBO is planning a biopic of autistic author and animal expert Temple Grandin starring……….Claire Danes, Reuters reports, who would follow in the footsteps of Sigourney Weaver (Snowcake) and Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) in playing an autistic character. The movie has been nine years in the making. My so-called autistic life? Tags: actors, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, claire danes, disabilities blog, disability, Family, family blog, hbo, Health, Movies, my so called life, Parenting, pdd-nos, rain man, sigourney weaver, temple grandinShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709273 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:11:14 +0100 1709273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251789&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F240000887%2F Science fiction blog io9 considers what it would be like to have a Google brain implant: In John Varley’s upcoming scifi novel Rolling Thunder, everyone has a brain implant that lets them google information constantly. And many futurists are saying this technology will become a reality long before we colonize Mars. The question isn’t whether we’ll have google brain implants (or the futuristic search engine equivalent), but how we’ll handle them. What exactly would be the plusses and minuses of being able to google information instantaneously in your head, without anybody knowing you’re doing it? A google brain implant could work in lots of ways. With technology we have right now, people could wear a brain-computer interface helmet like the one sold by Emotiv, ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251789 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:04:08 +0100 1251789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1243477&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F238064999%2F Are animals autistic savants? ask researchers Giorgio Vallortigara et al. in the February 19th PLoS Biology. Yes, indeed says Temple Grandin in her 2005 book, Animals in Translation: Animals and autistic savants—who have extraordinary skills in certain areas, and especially in mathematics, music and drawing—both have “extreme cognitive skills” and also “think in detail” based on their processing of sensory-based data. Vallortigara et al consider these claims from the perspective of specialists in animal cognition and critique what Grandin says: We argue that animals, like nonautistic humans, process sensory information according to rules, and that this manner of processing is a specialised feature of the left hemisphere of the brain in both humans and no... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1243477 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:03:25 +0100 1243477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=915374&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35081&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmikestanton.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F30%2Fautism-parents-and-celebrity-endorsements%2F Now that the Jenny McCarthy bandwagon appears to be slowing down it is as well to remember that lots of parents are writing intelligent, heart warming and thought provoking accounts of their experience in raising a child with autism. Lacking McCarthy’s dubious claims to fame and fortune, not many of them get the chance to publish a book or [...] (Source: Action For Autism) Action For Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=915374 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:57:58 +0100 915374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=597366&cid=t_117359_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F114874938%2F No. Yes? No. Today’s Chronicle of Higher Education examines the angles of this question—-which often leads to contentious debates in autism circles—via interviews with Paul T. Shattuck, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin at Madison; Roy Richard Grinker, a professor of anthropology at George Washington University and author of Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism; and Craig J. Newschaffer, a professor of public health at Drexel University. Excerpts: Mr. Shattuck and his colleagues found that as autism rates rose, the prevalence of mental retardation and learning disabilities declined by roughly the same amount in the special-education data. Such trends suggest that states were using the new autism category to classify children who would formerl... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=597366 Tue, 08 May 2007 03:21:52 +0100 597366