Temple Grandin

“Neuroanatomy isn't destiny. Neither is genetics. They don't define who you will be. But they do define who you might be. They…

— Temple Grandin

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

— Temple Grandin

Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.

— Temple Grandin

I think that autistic brains tend to be specialized brains. Autistic people tend to be less social. It takes a ton of…

— Temple Grandin

I like to figure things out and solve problems.

— Temple Grandin

I believe that the place where an animal dies is a sacred one. There is a need to bring ritual into the…

— Temple Grandin

If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short…

— Temple Grandin

“Thomas McKean, an autistic champion of self-advocacy”

— Temple Grandin

“author Donna Williams, who is autistic,”

— Temple Grandin

“Many autistic children like to smell things, and smell may provide more reliable information about their surroundings than either vision or hearing.”

— Temple Grandin

The thing is, autism is all different, you know, variables. And you start out with a certain amount of, you know, the…

— Temple Grandin

I think one of the worst things schools have done is taken out all of the stuff like art, music, woodworking, sewing,…

— Temple Grandin

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how…

— Temple Grandin

Autism's an important part of who I am, but I'm a college professor and an animal scientist first. And I wouldn't want…

— Temple Grandin

You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what…

— Temple Grandin

You could train cats do things, a lot of people don't think cats aren't trainable. Cats can be trusted just a friend.

— Temple Grandin

What do I do when I go home? Work. That's basically my social life. I'm married to work.

— Temple Grandin

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

I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me…

— Temple Grandin

I don't like the way most people think. It's imprecise. I find that when parents ask me questions, they ask very imprecise…

— Temple Grandin

“I replaced emotional complexity with visual and intellectual complexity. I questioned everything and looked to logic, science, and intellect for answers.”

— Temple Grandin

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

The reason why feral kitties are hard to tame is because they have missed socialization the period - you need to be…

— Temple Grandin

My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures.

— Temple Grandin

The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous…

— Temple Grandin