| 词条 | Beth Catlin |
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Personal lifeBeth Catlin was born on September 22, 1958, to Don and Barb Catlin. She and her parents live in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.[1] In 1995, she worked at a low-paying assembly line job at the Center for Industrial Training, where she can interact with other developmentally disabled people.[2][3] According to Reader's Digest, Catlin is "mentally and emotionally challenged".[1] Barbara Catlin told The Patriot-News about her daughter in 1995, "We can't reason with her. She just doesn't have that capacity."[2] Although Catlin is a savant, she "has never mastered things like simple household chores, shopping and personal relationship".[2] As of 2009, she finances her birthday card undertaking through her job at S. Wilson Pollock Center for Industrial Training, a vocational training program for disabled people.[4] Birthday cardsIn 1972, Catlin started sending birthday cards to people she has met. She sends cards to her family and friends, as well as neighbors and people at church. She asks people for their name, address, and birthdate, and then catalogs the information in her head. The cards she sends have never been returned due to a wrong address, and the spellings and birthdates have never been in error.[4] She makes the cards every day after dinner for everyone she has met as well as those people's friends and family even if she has not seen them before.[1] In October 1995, Catlin sent birthday cards to roughly 1,400 people.[3] In July 2009, Catlin sent birthday cards each year to 3,834 people.[1] Catlin's cards are decorated with birthday balloons. Written in colored pencil, all her cards have the message, "Happy Birthday".[5] She funds the card-sending with her job at the S. Wilson Pollock Center for Industrial Training.[4] On Catlin's birthday, she receives over 200 birthday cards from the people in her birthday circle. Many of these cards have presents of stamps.[4] In the July 2009 issue of Reader's Digest, Catlin was named "Best Birthday Wisher" in RD's "Best of America" feature.[5][6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title=8 People, Places and Things We Love About America: Best Birthday Wisher |url=http://www.rd.com/advice/travel/8-people-places-and-things-we-love-about-america/ |work=Reader's Digest |date=July 2009 |accessdate=2016-01-27 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eqEvFIvI?url=http://www.rd.com/advice/travel/8-people-places-and-things-we-love-about-america/ |archivedate=2016-01-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Catlin, Beth}}2. ^1 2 {{cite news |last=Gibson |first=Elizabeth |date=1995-10-06 |title=Savant always keeps birthdays in mind // 1,400 names, dates, addresses spur her to send cards |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/10D8A4F0A5829197?p=AWNB |newspaper=The Patriot-News |accessdate=2016-01-27 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eqFQP1Pu?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/10D8A4F0A5829197?p=AWNB |archivedate=2016-01-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 3. ^1 {{cite news |last=Gibson |first=Elizabeth |date=1995-10-18 |title=Hampden Twp. woman finds a kindred savant // "Rain Man' trainer visits the area |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/10D8A4F36FC800EA?p=AWNB |newspaper=The Patriot-News |accessdate=2016-01-27 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eqFXTqVc?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/10D8A4F36FC800EA?p=AWNB |archivedate=2016-01-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |last=Brenckle |first=Laura |title=Mechanicsburg woman wishes happy birthday to you ... and you ... and you |url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/05/mechanicsburg_woman_wishes_hap.html |newspaper=The Patriot-News |date=2009-05-19 |accessdate=2016-01-27 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eqF6ElgX?url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/05/mechanicsburg_woman_wishes_hap.html |archivedate=2016-01-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 5. ^1 {{cite news |first=Jason |last=Scott |title=Area savant recognized by Reader’s Digest |url=http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/06/23/news/local/doc4a40de4c4fb31617222731.txt |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=2009-06-23 |accessdate=2016-01-27 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eqG8nhp5?url=http://cumberlink.com/news/local/area-savant-recognized-by-reader-s-digest/article_70d9e5f7-a3c7-53d4-ba0f-1c243395806d.html |archivedate=2016-01-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 6. ^{{cite news |last=Brenckle |first=Laura |date=2009-06-11 |title=Mechanicsburg woman, famed for birthday greetings, profiled in Reader's Digest |url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/06/mechanicsburg_woman_famed_for.html |newspaper=The Patriot-News |accessdate=2016-01-27 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eqF0y5sy?url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/06/mechanicsburg_woman_famed_for.html |archivedate=2016-01-27 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 4 : 1958 births|Autistic savants|Living people|People from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |
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