Autism Quote by Temple Grandin

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

— Temple Grandin

Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you…

— 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

Research demonstrates that autistic traits are distributed into the non-autistic population; some people have more of them, some have fewer. History suggests that many…

— Morton Ann Gernsbacher

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

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

— Temple Grandin

Certainly not everybody that is different is necessarily autistic, but there are a lot of undiagnosed people, and it's not necessarily something that needs…

— Jasika Nicole

It is possible that by studying autism we'll learn about the nature of talent. Supposedly there's no connection between scientific talent and autism, but…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

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 to become…

— Temple Grandin

The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else.

— Temple Grandin

Many people with autism struggle with reading nonverbal cues and acting on them. When you lose that ability to understand and process nonverbal cues,…

— Rana el Kaliouby

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