pakled wrote:
Funny you should bring this up. I read an article about 10 years ago (before I and most of the world knew what AS was) about a woman with autism who had become a professor (at the time, the only Autistic person I'd ever met was extremely LFA, and I thought all Autistics were like that...who knew?..

One of her projects was designing a way to herd cattle in processing plants. Maybe that will tell someone who knows better than I who she was.
Anyways...

One thing she had was an adjustable device that gave controllable amounts of force to a 'hugging machine'. Sounds something like what you have in mind.
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*shudder* temple grandins hug "box" ugh.... looks like a torture device..
uhh...
not to mention... wheres my pressure from the top? i want 360 degrees of pressure people!! ! only a blood pressure cuff can do that!
my device would be even more reliable, adjustable, safer, and effective... end of story..
shes pretty up tight too.. she does not respond to emails
i sent her this idea... no response..
anyways...
temple grandin = fail
me = pass make idea better than hers
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