I played around with vegetarianism back in the '70s. One thing, my physiology just got to have animal protein. I get hypoglycemic,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One thing I'd like to just keep on doing is I want to educate people about animal behavior and about autism. I've… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Fear was my main emotion until I started taking anti-depressant medication. And I was one of the people where, as I got… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There is three different ways that autistic kids will interact with animals.And they also need to make sure that they're not getting… — 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
I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The animal that I have worked with the most is beef cattle, so that's my favorite animal, but I like all animals. — 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
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
I've got my one area I work in and I want to educate people about autism and I also want to improve,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Basically when it comes to autistic kids and animals there's kind of three ways that they work, some of them are instant… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You have to use food motivation whereas a dog will do things for you just for social motivation, praise and petting. Also… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly, we've got to give animals a good life. I've worked really hard improving slaughter plants and animal handling… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions. — 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
People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
