An article taken from asperger

[conuly]

It's a video about a teenaged autistic girl who works with what appear to be very large felines, possibly of the tiger persuasion. I haven't watched the whole thing, so you tell me how it is, okay?

Comments

[ancarett]

While I personally believe the young woman is INSANE to be working that way with big cats, the video is very positive and straight-forward regarding her being autistic. She's neither setting herself up as labouring under some horrible disability or puffing herself up as some amazing over-achiever. She's pretty matter-of-fact about how being autism affects her and how she works to do what she wants to do in life.

There's a bit of a parallel to Temple Grandin in regards her feeling a particular ability to connect with animals (not that Grandin is overtly mentioned, IIRC).

[siderea]

BIG KITTIES!!!

Yeah, and it's a really positive video. She speaks in her own voice and is quite articulate. She comes across as a really great young woman.

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

Those are half grown lions.

[conuly]

Of course they are, they don't have any stripes. Why on earth did the word tigers come out of my fingers?

[ancarett]

While I personally believe the young woman is INSANE to be working that way with big cats, the video is very positive and straight-forward regarding her being autistic. She's neither setting herself up as labouring under some horrible disability or puffing herself up as some amazing over-achiever. She's pretty matter-of-fact about how being autism affects her and how she works to do what she wants to do in life.

There's a bit of a parallel to Temple Grandin in regards her feeling a particular ability to connect with animals (not that Grandin is overtly mentioned, IIRC).

[siderea]

BIG KITTIES!!!

Yeah, and it's a really positive video. She speaks in her own voice and is quite articulate. She comes across as a really great young woman.

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

Those are half grown lions.

[conuly]

Of course they are, they don't have any stripes. Why on earth did the word tigers come out of my fingers?