Autism through a time machine

Actress Claire Danes, left, on tour with the renowned animal scientist she plays in the eponymous ‘Temple Grandin,’ an HBO film.

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O’HARA’S HUGS

 

When actress Catherine O’Hara came face-to-face with the woman whose life story is told in Temple Grandin, she states she was overcome with a desire to hug the brilliant scientist.

Trouble is, she knew that Grandin’s autism meant she had an intenseaversion to being touched. "When you hear her story, you really do, youjust want to hug this woman," the gregarious O’Hara exclaims during arecent stop in Toronto to promote the TV movie.

She states theencounter ended with Grandin and the cast arm-in-arm for a group photo,adding that as Grandin’s fame has risen, so too has her tolerance forfans who want to be near her.

O’Hara plays Grandin’s Aunt Ann, who owns a cattle farm where Grandin spends the summer as a teen.

 

Cassandra Szklarski, CP

 

source : www.thestar.com

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