I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
People on the autistic spectrum tend to get fixated on what they think. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo animals who are raised… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. — 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
Autistic children are very difficult to take care of, especially severely autistic ones. When I was 4, I had almost no language;… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It's much more work for the mother of an autistic child to have a job, because working with an autistic child is… — 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
In fact, there are autism clusters, you know, around some of the big tech centers. You take two socially awkward computer programmers… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching… — 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
Some autistic children cannot stand the sound of certain voices. I have come across cases where teachers tell me that certain children… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed, mothers were blamed for causing autism. There was no autism support. They'd put autistic kids in institutions. I… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, 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
If you see a child with autistic-like behaviors at age two and three, the worst thing you can do is just let… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You take somebody - one person has definitely got autism, you got another person that maybe has some of those traits and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“The word “autism” still conveys a fixed and dreadful meaning to most people—they visualize a child mute, rocking, screaming, inaccessible, cut off… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
In the 50s and 60s, kids were taught how to shake hands. They were taught how to have manners. There needs to… — 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
I feel very strongly that if you got rid of all of the autistic genetics you're not going to have any scientists.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Some autistic people have savant skills. All autistic people do not have savant skills. Autism is a very variable disorder varying all… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
By looking at autistic kids, you can't tell when you're working with them who you're going to pull out, who is going… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how… — 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
It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to… — 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
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
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
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
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
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