Temple Grandin

This essay was written by Temple Grandin. She is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Grandin, who has autism, is also an internationally famous autism spokesperson and an activist in the autism rights movement. She has written several books, including a memoir called "Thinking in Pictures."

What does the author MOST LIKELY want the reader to think about Temple Grandin?

• The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin is smarter than most people because she has autism.

• The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin focuses most of her time on helping animals.

• The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin is someone who had a hard life growing up.

• The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin is an accomplished, intelligent person with autism.

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Temple Grandin suffers from a natural disability called

• ADHD

• Animal Husbandry

• ADD

• Autism

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How does Temple remember things?

• just like how every normal human does

• memorization

• by creating pictures in her mind

• she writes everything down

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Why did Temple's Autism make school and social life hard?

• She got teased by her peers and had trouble with social interactions.

• She liked to hit people who didn't listen.

• She was mad at her mom for sending her away to school.

• She missed her Dad.

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What claim does Temple make in paragraphs 1-4 of her Autobiography:

• I got into fights in school because kids teased me.

• They called me tape recorder because I stored a lot of phrases in my memory.

• Autism made school and social life hard, but it made animals easy.

• There were a few conversations that I liked to have, so that amplified the effect.

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What claims does Temple make in paragraphs 5-9 of her Autobiography:

• They had emotional problems because in order to save money the headmaster was buying cheap horses.

• Whenever you tried to mount beauty, he kicked and bit.

• The school had nine horses altogether, and two of them couldn't be ridden at all.

• They were pretty, their legs were fine, but emotionally they were a mess.

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What claims did Temple make in paragraphs 13-15 of her Autobiography:

• I was dedicated to keeping the barn clean and making sure horses were groomed.

• I spent every spare moment working the barns.

• Animals kept me going.

• People and animals are supposed to be together.

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Read the list of sentences from the article: I don’t have the ability to process abstract thought the way that you do. Here’s how my brain works: It’s like the search engine Google for images. My mother told me that you don’t hit other kids because you would not like it if they hit you. But if she said that being nice meant delivering daffodils to a next-door neighbor, that I could understand. What MAIN ideas does this evidence support?

• Grandin wants to help others who have autism communicate better; she had to learn about abstract ideas by having examples presented to her.

• Grandin wants to help others who have autism communicate better; she often got into trouble because she could not think abstractly.

• Grandin thinks differently than other people because she has autism; she had to learn about abstract ideas by having examples presented to her.

• Grandin thinks differently than other people because she has autism; she often got into trouble because she could not think abstractly.

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How does Temple Grandin describe her way of thinking compared to the typical mind?

• Verbal and language-oriented

• Attention to big picture rather than details

• Thinking in pictures and focusing on details

• Ignoring complicated ideas and focusing on hands-on activities

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What is the most important idea Temple Grandin brings up (hint: think of the title of her speech)? Write a short CER paragraph supporting your answer with a quote or details from the article.

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