People need to learn how to work, learn how to support themselves. I think it's just fine to be eccentric. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
To understand animal thinking you've got to get away from a language. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You could train cats do things, a lot of people don't think cats aren't trainable. Cats can be trusted just a friend. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I didn't even realize the way I think visually is different. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I don't define myself as autistic first. I don't want to be a professional autistic. I think it's important to have a… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
People on the autistic spectrum tend to get fixated on what they think. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You got to get away from words if you want to understand any animal. It thinks in pictures, it thinks in smells,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Language for me narrates the pictures in my mind. When I work on designing livestock equipment I can test run that equipment… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think that autistic brains tend to be specialized brains. Autistic people tend to be less social. It takes a ton of… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think that autistic brains tend to be specialized brains. Autistic people tend to be less social. It takes a ton of… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Seeking is a combination of emotions people usually think of as being different: wanting something really good, looking forward to getting something… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My life - autism's an important part of it, but it bothers me when I see kids where autism and their autism… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
People on the autism spectrum don't think the same way you do. In my life, people who made a difference were those… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
How do you have a think in pictures? Well, you have to sort the pictures into categories. You know, for example, a… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I know a lot of animal communicators and I think a lot of them are just good behaviorists because they pick up… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
For example, if ears are back on a horse, it's obviously not very happy. And the eyes show that it's not happy.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It [cats going outside the litter box] might have something to do with - you know, I am just thinking that if… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There are three basic ways [to use a dog to work with autistic children], one is just to be companion person and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I can explain how a person with autism thinks. I am very, very interested in how people think. It's been a gradual… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think a brain can be made "more thinking" or made "more emotional." At what point does this become abnormal? Autism in… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Autism's an important part of who I am, but I'm a college professor and an animal scientist first. And I wouldn't want… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think there's some kids that need to go from being a child to being a grown-up. You get out in the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Social thinking skills must be directly taught to children and adults with ASD. Doing so opens doors of social understandings in all… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Just think about it yourself; you don't want to put the [cat's] litter box down the basement because that's too far, on… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
An animal’s memory is not in words, they’ve got to be in pictures – it’s very detailed so let’s say the animal… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Lets get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I dont think in a language, and animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Animals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think one of the worst things schools have done is taken out all of the stuff like art, music, woodworking, sewing,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I don't like the way most people think. It's imprecise. I find that when parents ask me questions, they ask very imprecise… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think the mild Aspergers have always been there. You see, Asperger's diagnosis did not become common in the U.S. until the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Some people with autism who don't talk, all they hear are vowel sounds. Like if I said 'cup,' they might just hear 'uh.' — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer? — Temple Grandin Copy Share
It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I have observed… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
In a dog social cue from a master can override where he saw the being placed. That won’t happen unless we have bred a… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better than other… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
![“It [cats going outside the litter box] might have something to do with - you know, I am just thinking that if I am the cat, when I'm pooping, you know, I've got to strain a little bit more and maybe that affects how the kitty litter feels on my paws. I'd try a different sub straight, or something…” quote by Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/292/temple-grandin-1219_bits_it-cats-going-outside-the-litter-box-mig_2110305.jpg)
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![“Just think about it yourself; you don't want to put the [cat's] litter box down the basement because that's too far, on the other hand you don't want to put where everybody is traipsing in and out the back the door.” quote by Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/eb1/temple-grandin-1219_basement_just-think-about-it-yourself-you-don-t-w_1007435.jpg)
