Temple Grandin (2010)

"Temple Grandin" is a really interesting movie about a fascinating woman that allows us an inside look at an unknown world. This is a must-see for people struggling to understand loved ones with autism or for AS people themselves, because close family members will understand autism better and people on the spectrum might see themselves in the intrepid but troubled Temple.

   "Temple Grandin" is the real-life story of the eponymous character, who struggles with severe autism from an early age, then goes on to become a pioneer in the cattle industry. Temple suffers from an autistic condition which deprive her of a ordinary childhood, but give her an astonishing and intuitive mind and a unique way of looking at things.

   As a young woman, Temple (Claire Danes) stays at her aunt's farm, where she becomes familiar with the cattle who live there. When she witnesses a cow being calmed by a squeezing machine, Temple is inspired -- when she leaves the farm and goes to college, she builds her own 'hugging machine' to dilute the tension that most people relieve by giving and receiving hugs.