The last position is repetitive and stereotyped play RSP of which the occurrence is only once. The percentage of this type is only 2.63 .
An inability to develop relationship IDR is the highest of the occurrence because an autistic person has difficulty in social interaction. It is proven by
Temple Grandin who often gets trouble in interacting with other people. It is difficult for Temple to make or reply greeting from someone. Even, she ignores
when someone wants to touch or hug her.
B. Discussion
This section discusses the kinds of responses and the features of autistic person more detailed. Unlike the previous part of this chapter that only presents
the number and percentage of occurrence, this part provides example of each phenomenon.
1. The Kinds of Responses Given by Temple Grandin, the Autistic Character
in Temple Grandin Movie, to Her Interlocutors
The findings show that all kinds of responses occur in the main character with autism of Temple Grandin movie although the percentage is not the same for
each type. The highest kinds of responses are cognitively disruptive and socially inappropriate responses CDI. The next position is cognitively irrelevant
responses CI. The last position is cognitively relevant responses CR. CI and CR almost have the same occurrence.
a. Cognitively Irrelevant Responses CI
As stated in the Table 3, the phenomenon of cognitively irrelevant responses CI ranks in the second position. From 81 data, the CI responses
appear 24 times. The occurrence proves that one of impairments experienced by individuals with autism is a difficulty in communication by giving irrelevant
responses to others. However, normal people may give the irrelevant responses as well when they communicate to others. This is because people without autism
disorders do not hear when someone speaks or they have bad listening habits. Thus, they get difficulties in concentrating on utterances uttered to them.
Meanwhile, people with autism spectrum disorders have difficulties in understanding the utterances which is uttered by someone. They tend to say what
is in their mind without understanding a conversation topic. Cognitively irrelevant responses occur when individual with autism
responds by changing the topic of conversation. She totally changes the topic of conversation or gives responses that are not relevant with the topic. The following
dialogue contains the example of cognitively irrelevant responses experienced by Temple Grandin dealing with her utterance.
Lecturer III : Lets talk frankly. Im not sure you can get anything from
being at Franklin Pierce. Ms Ann
: Listen to what shes saying. She wants to do her own science experiment, something you can evaluate in her
psychology course. Temple
: I have a pen and a clipboard
Datum 25RCI This situation happens in an office room at Franklin Pierce College.
Temple is accompanied by her aunt, Ms Ann, to ask permission to her lecturer in
order to use her squeeze machine. Her lecturer underestimates Temple that she cannot do anything because of her abnormality in using squeeze machine. Temple
does not understand what her lecturer is talking about. She gives the irrelevant response by saying “I have a pen and clipboard”. She changes the topic of
conversation. Her lecturer suddenly stares at Temple quizzically. She should convince her lecturer again by saying that she can do experiment to students at
Franklin Pierce college. In addition, the phenomenon of the irrelevant response occurs when
individual with autism only wants to say what is in her mind. She creates a new topic of conversation based on what she is thinking now rather than giving a right
answer. The example below shows the CI response experienced by Temple Grandin.
Temple and Ms Ann have just arrived in Ann’s home. They meet Mr Mike
and Billy Aunt Ann
: Say hi to your uncle Mike Mr Mike
: hi Temple,shaking hand Temple
: ...... just silent Mr Mike
: I just been tellin Billy here. all about our summer visitor. Temple
: are you a cowboy? looking a man who wears clothes
like a cowboy Datum 03RCI
The dialogue above happens in Ms Ann‟s yard when Temple and Ms Ann
have just arrived in Ann‟s home. Temple meets Mr Mike and Billy, an employer
who wears clothes like a cowboy. When Mr Mike greets her by saying “hi
Temple”, Temple does not answer the greeting. Mr Mike feels disappointed because Temple does not give her hand to him. She is just silent and then, looks a
man who wears a hat like a cowboy until she gives the irrelevant response by
