Temple GrandinIf you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing. ✨ Th… ▶361Philosophy
Temple GrandinI am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. ✨ Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 01, 1996.361Reading
Temple GrandinI get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff.373Truth
Temple GrandinMy grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. ✨ Temple Grandin (2011). The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look a… ▶374Reading
Temple GrandinChildren between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who hav… ▶321Death
Temple GrandinYou simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid. ✨ Temple Grandin (2011). The Way I See it: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's, p.275… ▶343HopeHumanityTime
Temple GrandinMy Advice is: You always have to keep persevering.376Hope
Temple GrandinWhen I was younger I was looking for this magic meaning of life. It's very simple now. Making the lives of others better, doing something of lasting value. That's the meaning of l… ▶376LifePhilosophy
Temple GrandinI had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking game… ▶377HumanityLife
Temple GrandinOne of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears. ✨ … ▶377Politics
Temple GrandinI believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive animal living in a zoo, a farm animal or a pet, is to base animal welfare progr… ▶311HumanityLifeThought
Temple GrandinWho do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.356Thought
Temple GrandinWhat would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anythi… ▶323Humanity
Temple GrandinI have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before. 291Love
Temple GrandinI can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream. ✨ Interview with Dr. Stephe… ▶313Reading
Temple GrandinI obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect. ✨ Interview With Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com.303Truth
Temple GrandinAutism is part of who I am. ✨ A Look Inside Temple Grandin's Mind. Interview With Susan Dunne, articles.courant.com. February 24, 2011.292Thought
Temple GrandinAutism is an extremely variable disorder. ✨ Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.314Thought
Temple GrandinI'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images.3610Thought
Temple GrandinI cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. ✨ Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.359Time
Temple GrandinThere needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.315Reading
Temple GrandinAnimals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals have special talents normal people don't, the same way… ▶3610HumanityThoughtTime
Temple GrandinAll animals and people have the same core emotion systems in the brain. ✨ Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson (2010). Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals… ▶337HumanityLifeThought
Temple GrandinWhat I've tried to do is combine both my personal experiences with scientific research. I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.349Life
Temple GrandinIt's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, … ▶305Sadness
Temple GrandinPressure is calming to the nervous system. ✨ Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.272Thought
Temple GrandinI believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result. ✨ Temple Gran… ▶305LifeThought
Temple Grandinwe raise them for us; that means we owe them some respect. nature is creul but we dont have to be. i wouldnt want to have my guts ripped out by a lion. i'd much rather die in a sl… ▶272DeathHumor
Temple GrandinMy life is basically my work. ✨ Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 01, 1996.317Life
Temple GrandinSteve Jobs was probably mildly on the autistic spectrum. Basically, you've probably known people who were geeky and socially awkward but very smart. When does geeks and nerds beco… ▶317Humanity
