Temple Grandin (Drift 2, Week 13)
At the beginning of the film, Temple Grandin enters into the room and makes a self-introduction. Her voice sounds a little bit bold compared with other normal girls. I feel there was something special in her but I don’t know what it is. However, as the film develops I know exactly what this kind of specialness is. Temple has something very innocent in her nature. When she speak, she uses a straight way to express her feelings and opinions. Unlike most of us, her way of speaking has not been restricted. She doesn’t think too much about how other will people judge her, thus, she dares to speak out what she wants to say. To some extent, she represents the very nature of human beings. When we were very young, young enough that we have not been socialized, we behaved similarly with Temple in some way. But Temple remains this kind of innocence and that is very precious because most of us have lost it.
Perhaps it is because I myself have once experienced some mental problems that when I see her struggles and sufferings, I can understand her well (I don’t use the word totally because we are in the different situation). For those people who have never experienced mental struggles they can nerve imagine how pain it is. If you finally tell them about your problems, they think it is not a big deal and they like giving suggestions as if they were the psychiatrist. However, Temple and I are all fortunate, because we finally no longer regard our mental problems as a kind of disaster and we stop doubting and fearing; even if we still carry the effects it brings to us. Temple has a great teacher, Dr. Carlock, to lead her into the beautiful world behind the door, while I have a lot of kind people around me who understand and support me in my hard time. But I still believe the ones who changed our life were actually ourselves. Because we have the spirit of perseverance and a desire to live better, we will conquer the strongest enemy-fear, anxiety.
Another thing I want to mention here is Temple’s talent. She thinks in pictures and connects them later. This extraordinary talent helps her to be successful in her work. Maybe it is just her mental problems that make her think in a different way. She is totally absorbed in her work and she always come up with ideas that are different from others’. So sometime we don’t need to feel pity for our shortcomings, because when God shut up a door, he will open another for you. But if you cry at the door closed, you will never find the door that was left open for you.
From Temple I can feel lots of strength, one may not be able to choose their background, but he can choose to live this short and hard life meaningfully. Otherwise, if you don’t make efforts, you are doomed to be defeated by it. So treasure your life and be the master of your own fate, no one is going to save you from the darkness, except yourself.
第二篇:《自闭历程》观后感
《自闭历程》观后感
在观看影片之前,老师和我们说了一些关于自闭症的症状,后又说了句:“正因为患自闭症的人对自己习惯的人的事很执着,所以我们也常开玩笑说‘还没有男女朋友的同学可以考虑找一个有自闭症的人,他们对你永远不会变心’”。这让我记起有人说过:“自闭症患者是上天派来的天使,他们是纯洁无暇的。”正因为他们如此的纯洁,我们应该给他们更多的关心与关怀。
言回影片,我们都知天宝不只是走出了自闭症的种种障碍,还在科学领域取得不小成绩。大多是自闭症患者都会对声音、图像和颜色特别敏感,但凡事都是物极必反,太多的刺激会对他们造成伤害。在电影中,天宝有着一个特殊能力,在她的眼里,世界的一切都是一个个画面,正如电影中表现出来的每一个停滞的镜头。正是天宝这个神奇的天赋,让她对于这世界的感官,有着一种独特的视角。这种天赋,让天宝将牛的生活镜头化,在一个个画面中,她能注意到我们无法注意到的细节并存于脑内。天宝说“大自然可以残忍,而我们可以不残忍”。她对牛群的管理如此人性化,是因为天宝的角色转换,她以牛的视角和牛的方式,俯身体验牛的生活,将自己置身与牛的世界中,这让她学业之路一步步走向成功。在与牛群接触初期,天宝发现的挤压器让牛平静,于是自己也给自己造了一个挤压器,这也使她找到了代替人们的拥抱即她减压的方式。但大学的纪律规定她不能在校内拥有并使用挤压器,这让我们看到天宝要保住挤压器的那份坚持。正是天宝有着坚持的信念,让她在完成卡洛克教授布置的作业、在保留挤压器、在进入牛场做研究、在设计牛场等等事情,最终拥有亚利桑那州立大学畜牧科学硕士,并于一九八八年获得伊利诺大学的畜牧科学博士学位的重要原因。
这些我们称为“奇迹”的发生都不是偶然的。在天宝的成长道路上,无论是给予她无尽关爱和幸福的妈妈,一直支持她的姑姑,还是发现她的特长、孜孜不倦教育她的教授,还有就是那对她不离不弃的舍友,都给了天宝莫大的关爱和帮助,他们对天宝无尽的耐心与关爱,让她找到了与别人沟通的勇气,教会她如何融入社会。首先是她的亲人:她的母亲和姑姑。她的母亲毕业于哈佛大学,受过高等教育。因此在得知天宝患上自闭症之后,一方面出于母爱,不愿让送天宝去福利机构;另一方面,坚持对天宝的教育,而不是将她小心翼翼地保护在家里。其次是她遇到的老师,卡洛克教授,是他发现了天宝的特殊才能,是他最先承认了天宝“Different, but not less.”而天宝的室友,虽然是一个盲人,但正因为这点,她与天宝的交流都是心与心的交流,没有人际交往中的心计,这让她们的友谊纯洁并长存。
除了那牧场里的牛外,天宝人生中就仅有这么几个人的相伴了。可就是这几个简简单单
的人,他们对天宝无尽的耐心与关爱,让她找到了与别人沟通的勇气,教会她如何融入社会。让她自信的面对人生,她用坚强和努力造就了她的成功。作为一个自闭症者,他们想拥有只是来自家人的爱、亲人的关怀、朋友的相助,这些何尝不是我们正常人所需要的,不过对于自闭症者来说,他们理解爱和感受爱的能力不像我们一样迅速,所以我们只需要给予他们一个充满爱的世界,给他们多点耐心,他们会慢慢好起来。
给我们印象最深应该卡洛克教授教会天宝面对困难的那句话:“一扇门打开之后,呈现给你的将是崭新的世界,你需要做的就是决定打开它。”这话就如一个秘籍,而这个秘籍成了天宝今后克服困难的法宝,屡试不爽,影响了她一生。其实,每一个人心中都有着一扇紧闭的门,总是恐惧着门里的一切,没有勇气上前去推开它,大多时候我们所谓的正常人也会像一个自闭症者,对于陌生及孤独都有着一种莫名的恐惧。打开了那扇门,就会有更多的自由。但穿过那扇通往未知领域的门又总是那么困难。特别是有心理问题的人带给我们的启示,即使自己已经痛苦不堪,去改变依然很困难!改变总是意味着未知、担忧、风险和危险;同时意味着新奇、惊喜、成长和自由。天宝用她的勇气推开了一扇扇崭新的门,一扇扇完全属于自己的门,她的一切都将因为勇敢,持之以恒、博爱而改变,等待她的只是最让人羡慕的幸福,苦尽甘来,完美的生活也将从此开始。
在影片最后,天宝与一些自闭症患者家人的交流与分享中我们知道,在与其他人的接触中,也许天宝还是不能完全理解“正常人”的一些行为,不能与其他人正常的沟通,也不懂察言观色,但是她培养起了与别人交流的勇气,懂得了一些社会的“规则”。“教养和规章非常重要,我学会了遵守他们,我非常幸运。他们知道我与众不同,但他们不另眼相待。”。天宝的这番话值得我们反省。我们承认并接受自闭症的程度其实还不是很高。我们是否能正视这些自闭症患者,自闭症患者家人又应该怎样帮助他们走出这个困境,社会又应该提供怎样的帮助都是值得我们深思的问题。
天宝的成功虽然不能复制,但是的成功启发的我们。每个人都有自己的长处,我们应该有自己的理想,学会用自己的长处与优势,凭借自己的智慧和努力,朝着自己的目标前行。同时,很重要的是要有坚持不懈的意志,为自己的追求不怕付出多少的汗水和泪水。前行的路注定不是平平坦坦的,即使是被周遭的人误解或是把你当成笑柄时,只是说明他们没有真正的理解我们而已,我们应该坚持自己的人生道路,而不是堕落或是放弃。