An Inability to Develop Relationship IDR

The following dialogue contains the example of NC represented by Temple Grandin. In Bronxville, New York, at Christmas in a family gathering Temple : I published two articles in the Arizona Farmer- Ranchman. Scott : The Arizona... Temple : The Arizona Farmer-Ranchman interrupt. One was on good moos and bad moos. The other was on head restraints in cattle chutes and killing pens. Theyre really badly designed. Just terrible systems Just... Scott‟s mom : Its lovely to see you, Temple. Datum 32FNC The above utterance is uttered by Temple when she is celebrating Christmas Party. She meets many people in the party. One of them is Scott‟s family. Temple and Scott are old friends. Temple is explaining about “The Arizona Farmer- Ranchman”, a magazine that she is used to publish her articles. Temple gives more detailed information about the magazine until Scott and his parents feel confused to her. Then, they decide to leave her alone. When Temple says “The Arizona Farmer-Ranchman interrupt. One was on good moos and bad moos. The other was on head restraints in cattle chutes and killing pens. Theyre really badly designed. Just terrible system s Just...”, actually she just wants to say what happen in cattle about which she has ever made an article. She says that the cattle have a bad design and terrible system. When she talks about the detail information of cattle, it indicates that she experiences NC. She fails to build a communicative conversation to other people because she only says what she wants to say without realising that the hearers do not understand at all. Another example of NC can be shown in the example below when Temple is talking about Chestnut, a horse in her boarding school. Dr Carlock : Temple? Temple : Where do they go? look at a dead horse DrCarlock : I dont know. Heaven, maybe. Somewhere. Temple, when animals and people die, they stay with us in our minds. We can still see them. So I think it would be best not to remember Chestnut like this. Okay? Temple : I see it the day I arrived. I see grooming Chestnut. I see a picture of a horse just like Chestnut in a book. We passed a Chestnut horse on route 199 near a feed store. On a calendar at Aunt Ann‟s. There was one in Life magazine opposite the page of Mr Kennedy. Datum 22FNC The conversation between Dr Carlock and Temple takes place in the horse stable at Hampshire boarding school. Temple is seeing Chestnut that has been dead. She does not believe that Chestnut is dead. She asks to Dr Carlock where Chestnut goes. Then, Dr Carlock tries to calm her down that Chestnut is still alive in their minds but Temple is still shocked to see it. She tries to remember the day when she meets Chestnut until she gives more detailed information about a horse that she has ever seen. She experiences NC by saying “I see a picture of a horse just like Chestnut in a book. We passed a Chestnut horse on route 199 near a feed store. On a calendar at Aunt Ann’s. There was one in Life magazine opposite the page of Mr Kennedy. The next example also contains NC experienced by Temple Grandin. She always ignores Dr Carlock‟s utterances and only says what she wants. She does not make the communicative conversation. The phenomenon occurs in the following example. in Dr Carlock’s house, Temple is knocking the door Dr Carlock : Are you talking about a slaughterhouse? Temple : Well, of course theyre gonna get slaughtered. Do you think wed have cattle if people didnt eat them every day? Theyd just be funny-looking animals in zoos. No, we raise them for us. That means we owe them some respect. Nature is cruel, but we dont have to be. I wouldnt want to have my guts ripped out by a lion. Id much rather die in a slaughterhouse if it was done right Dr Carlock : Well, it seems to me that you should be the one whos to design... Temple : We can easily do it in a way where they dont feel pain and they dont get scared. And their cortisol levels go through the roof Okay. Dr Carlock : Did you hear what I said, Temple? I think youre the one who should design the slaughterhouse. Datum 35FNC The conversation between Temple and Dr Carlock takes place in Carlock‟s house. Temple visits Dr Carlock because she has a problem in her slaughterhouse. In the above example, Temple has already arrived in Dr Carlock‟s home. After the door is opened, she is just talking what she wants to say. Even, Temple does not listen what he asks. She ignores his utterances and keeps talking. When Dr Carlock asks Temple about a slaughterhouse, she gives more detailed information about what is going on there. She does not use adequate words in giving explanation about the slaughterhouse until Dr Carlock admonishes her by saying “Did your hear what I said, Temple?” This indicates that Temple fails in building the communicative conversation. Therefore, she experience NC in having conversation with Dr Carlock.

c. Delayed Echolalia

The third rank of the features of autistic person is delayed echolalia DE. This phenomenon has 5 out of 37 occurrences. The percentage of this feature is 13.51 . DE is a repetition of words or phrases that someone else has said. There are two types of echolalia. They are immediate echolalia and delayed echolalia. Immediate echolalia occurs when autistic person repeats words or phrases just spoken by others. Meanwhile, delayed echolalia is the repetition of words or phrases that have been spoken by others in the past. The repetition of words or phrases also can be snatched from videos, songs, films, or television jingles that autistic person has ever heard before. Both types can be found in the movie Temple Grandin although immediate echolalia only occurs once out of 5 data. The phenomenon of immediate echolalia can be shown in the example below. Lecturer I : Aves-vouz lu la page, Mile Grandin Speaking French Temple : No. I dont want to study French. I want to learn science. Other students : laughing Lecturer I : Read the page, please. Temple : Read it. Datum 11FDE The conversation above occurs when Temple is studying French. Her lecturer gets Temple to read the book by saying “Aves-vouz lu la page, Mile Grandin”. His utterance means read the page, Miss Grandin. Temple does not understand what her lecturer says because she actually hates French class. Then, other students laugh when Temple says that she does not want to learn French. This makes her uncomfortable in the class. Her lecturer tries to use English in getting her to read the page. Temple‟s utterance in the dialogue above “read it” is in the form of immediate echolalia because it is the repetition of her lecturer‟s utterance that she has just heard.