1. I got a letter from Temple Grandin. A real letter. It basically says that she had social problems too, that she talks about it in her books that I can read if I want, and it says to get a good mentor in my field and make sure they know to tell me when I'm being rude so I learn. I like that advice. I wish there were someone at work who could do that for me, but there isn't. There's no one I really click with.
2. I got a notice that an apartment is coming available in the very near future in the low-income housing. Elsie and Lydia: A New Adventure!
Temple Grandin is my hero. Her books really helped me understand autism so much better and gave me hope. Did you write to her for advice?
ReplyDeleteAs for a mentor. Hopefully someone just right will turn up!
Good luck with everything and I'm crossing my fingers about the apartment!
That's awesome! I'm so impressed that she replied to you. And I am glad the apt will be available soon!
ReplyDeleteDo go through The Way I See It and The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships which are more like textbooks (than Emergence [read Autistics and the Real World: since it was written in the 1980s, some of the advice may be patronising and/or insulting. Your mileage may vary!] and Thinking in Pictures: though Learning the Ways of the World [chapter 5 of Thinking in Pictures] is good).
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, her animal books have great examples of social and anti-social behaviour (probably Making Animals Happy especially).
She lived in a "Leave it to Beaver" world in the 1950s.
Grandin does reply to most letters. She even had a letter which was a Valentine sent to her. "I have learnt from experience not to reply to that sort of letter because the attention just encourages it".
And as for 2: hooray for the adventures of Lydia and Elsie!