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
I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs was probably mildly on the autistic spectrum. Basically, you've probably known people who were geeky and socially awkward but very… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One area of study that still needs to be done is the kind of autism where kids have speech and they lose… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One of the big areas I'd like to see a lot more research done on is the sensory problems, and it's real… — 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
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
