You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is nothing. (re: teaching children with autism) — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics. — 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
I've always thought of myself as a cattle-handling specialist, a college professor first; autism is secondary. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example. — 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… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
If by some magic, autism had been eradicated from the face of the Earth, then men would still be socializing in front… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“The easiest words for an autistic child to learn are nouns, because they directly relate to pictures. Highly verbal autistic children like… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm seeing too many kids where they get fixated on their own autism. I'd rather have them get fixated that they like… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One of the places where research is needed is all the sensory problems. And you get sensory problems not just with autism,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“In dealing with autism, I'm certainly not saying we should lose sight of the need to work on deficits, But the focus… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The thing is, autism is all different, you know, variables. And you start out with a certain amount of, you know, the… — 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
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
Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It is never too late to expand the mind of a person on the autism spectrum. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
People on the autistic spectrum tend to get fixated on what they think. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things. — 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
