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
I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me… — 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
I think there's some kids that need to go from being a child to being a grown-up. You get out in the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I was so afraid to go out west to my aunt's ranch. But the only choice my mother gave me was to… — 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 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
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
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
What parents and teachers and caregivers did with me that actually worked and a lot of that was the old fashion 50s… — 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
All children in the '50s were taught manners, they were taught to say please and thank you, they were taught not to… — 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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