Deficit Quote by Temple Grandin

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

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

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

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

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

Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions.

— Temple Grandin

I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling.

— Temple Grandin

People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.

— Temple Grandin

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

“There's a point where anecdotal evidence becomes truth”

— Temple Grandin

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

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

— Temple Grandin