Caring/Compassion; Caring/Resilence
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anthropologistonmarsfall18_3_1.pptxCaring & Resilience
What is the meaning of resilience?
Resilience is…..
Spirit: hardiness, strength, toughness, resistance
Pliability: flexibility, elasticity, bounciness
Becoming resilient as a human being may be helpful…why?
How might a person develop resilience?
Dr. Oliver Sacks
“Oliver was interested not just in studying what deficits and impairments his patients had, but also in what gave them joy, resilience and a sense of purpose. He would then ally himself with these sources of strength so they could learn to use their potentially devastating conditions as opportunities for adaptation, renewal, reinvention and growth.”
“We already understand the value of biodiversity in a rainforest,” says Silberman. “The same is true of any community of human minds.”
Source: Steve Silberman
http://www.oliversacks.com/blog/
Dr. Oliver Sacks – author of book An anthropologist on Mars about Temple Grandin. He was a neuroolgist, naturalist and author. Believe the brain is the most incredible thing in the universe” Wrote about case histories of patients with neurological disorders, books adapted for stage and film
He “poet Laureate of contemporary medicaine” recognized as bridging science and art
Experiences with patients and how they coped with their conditions, often illuminatinghow the normal brains desasl withpeceiptin, memory and individuality
Professor, neurologist, writer - patients considered incurable and ways they adapted to their situation – post-encephalitic, Tourettes, Parkinsons, deaf studies - mysteries of the mind
Worked to ally himself with sources of strength to use them as opportunities for growth
Said : neurological conditions such as autism "can play a paradoxical role, by bringing out latent powers, developments, evolutions, forms of life that might never be seen, or even be imaginable, in their absence
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Dr. Mary Temple Grandin
is an American doctor of animal science, a professor at Colorado State University, a best-selling author, an autistic activist, and a consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior
Autism is a group of neurological, physiological, developmental disorders known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD
( source: adapted from Dr. Deb Schadler)
ASD……
Autism now affects 1 in 68 children and 1 in 42 boys
Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
Autism costs a family $60,000 a year on average
Boys are nearly five times more likely than girls to have autism
There is no medical detection or cure for autism
ASD- Core Symptoms or behaviors:
Communication
Socialization Deficits
Repetitive Behaviors
and Interests
Sensory Issues
Cognitive
Challenges for ASD Individuals:
Difficulty understanding and predicting the behavior or emotional state of others
Problems understanding the perspectives of others
Problems inferring the intentions of others
Lack of understanding that behavior impacts how others think and/or feel
Problems with joint attention and other social conventions
Problems differentiating fiction from fact
Dr. Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin’s “Hug/squeeze Machine”
Our questions…
1. Explain the meaning of the title of the short story: An Anthropologist on Mars?
2. How is resilience portrayed in this story?
3. Describe an insight that you gained from reading this short story.
4. How might you help another to become more resilient?
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Power of Music…..
Temple Grandin speaks with George Stroumboulopoulos
