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
Things like microphones are dangerous things because you never know when they might feedback and squeal. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Some cats don't like different types of kitty litter. So might try different types of kitty litter sometimes that works. You know,… — 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
If you get a little kitty and he's down on the bottom, and he's laying on his chest, you know tucked up… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My mother was always expanding my art skills and getting me to paint different things. You always got to push some. And,… — 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
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
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
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
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 try to return my calls but I get inundated with emails and I can't answer them all. So often, I have… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous… — 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
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
A real common problem with a lot of animals is that guys are bad, hate to say it, but they will tune… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I look at the successful people that have, you know, high functioning autism and Asperger's, they're ones where maybe the parents were… — 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
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
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 want to make sure to fix these obvious things - like keeping the box CLEAN! Another thing that might affect this… — 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
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
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
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