I'm very familiar with the term and the asshole that invented it. What I'm saying is that I don't think that Grandin's mother in particular was subject to that little gem from Bettelheim. Not all doctors bought into the nonsense psychoanalytic model being pushed by people like Bettelheim.
Sperran
Then the video was not accurate?
This is from a review of the mother's book on amazon:
This is not a "how-to" book on educational procedures or anything like that. By reading this autobiography, you will understand the character of Temple's mother, who quite literally saved Temple's life. Fifty-some years ago, Eustacia was the product of her time in most ways--the stay-at-home wife to a wealthy man who was bent upon institutionalizing Temple, particularly when he got the support from psychiatrists who believed at the time that the reason for Temple's autism was Eustacia herself.
http://www.amazon.com/Thorn-My-Pocket-Temple-Grandins/dp/1932565167/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287165081&sr=8-1