Temple Grandin quotes

A treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis. (Temple Grandin)
I don't want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I'm not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning. View quote
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And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit. View quote
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If by some magic, autism had been eradicated from the face of the Earth, then men would still be socializing in front of a wood fire at the entrance to a cave. View quote
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It's OK to be an eccentric; it's not OK to be a rude and dirty eccentric. View quote
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I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to give those animals a decent life and we've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect. View quote
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I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff. View quote
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No, I played around with vegetarianism back in the ‘70s. One thing, my physiology just got to have animal protein. I get hypoglycemic, I get all light-headed unless I eat animal protein. View quote
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You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid. View quote
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I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result. View quote
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Animals make us Human. (Temple Grandin)
Unfortunately, most people never observe the natural cycle of birth and death. They do not realize that for one living thing to survive, another living thing must die. View quote
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Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals don't think in a language. It's sensory based thinking, thinking in pictures, thinking in smells, thinking in touches. It's putting these sensory based memories into categories. View quote
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. View quote
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People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet. View quote
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I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream. View quote
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Autism is an extremely variable disorder. View quote
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My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. View quote
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Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments. View quote
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I like to figure things out and solve problems. View quote
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One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears. (Temple Grandin)
Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems. View quote
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My life is basically my work. View quote
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I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. View quote
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I use my mind to solve problems and invent things. View quote
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