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12.6 Spotlight Application

Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN)

Dr. Temple Grandin was one of the first individuals to document the insights gained from her personal experience of autism. View the following YouTube video[1] of Dr. Grandin describing her personal experience as “everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function”: Temple Grandin on Her Search Engine.

Reflective Questions

  1. What symptoms of autism does Dr. Grandin illustrate?
  2. What strengths does Dr. Grandin illustrate and what has she achieved?

  1. Blank on Blank. (2016, March 1). Temple Grandin on her search engine | Blank on Blank. [Video]. YouTube. All rights reserved. https://youtu.be/Ifsh6sojAvg

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