Temple Grandin Quotes About Autism

Quotes about: Autism

• Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can't stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there's too much stimulation.

  Temple Grandin

  Baseball, Children, School

• I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at. Being with people who share your interests makes socializing easier.

  Temple Grandin

  People, Autism, Special

  Temple Grandin (2011). “The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's”, p.164, BookBaby

• I am different, not less

  Temple Grandin

  Inspiring, Autism, Different

• What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.

  Temple Grandin

  People, Autism, Caves

• Social thinking skills must be directly taught to children and adults with ASD. Doing so opens doors of social understandings in all areas of life.

  Temple Grandin

  Children, Thinking, Doors

  Temple Grandin (2008). “The Way I See it: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's”, p.157, Future Horizons

• People on the autism spectrum don't think the same way you do. In my life, people who made a difference were those who didn't see labels, who believed in building on what was there. These were people who didn't try to drag me into their world, but came into mine instead.

  Temple Grandin

  Thinking, Differences, People

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• 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 on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'

  Temple Grandin

  Art, People, Giving

• 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.

  Temple Grandin

  Parenting, Emotional, White

  "A Conversation with Temple Grandin". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

• If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.

  Temple Grandin

  Inspiring, Autism, Fingers

  Temple Grandin (2009). “Thinking in Pictures”, p.34, Bloomsbury Publishing

• I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Autism, Enough

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

• In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an Aspie who chipped away at rocks while the other people socialized around the campfire. Without autism traits we might still be living in caves.

  Temple Grandin

  Rocks, People, Autism

  Temple Grandin (2009). “Thinking in Pictures”, p.85, Bloomsbury Publishing

• 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 to change 'cause I like the logical way I think.

  Temple Grandin

  College, Thinking, Animal

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

• I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Google, Brain

• Steve Jobs was probably mildly on the autistic spectrum. Basically, you've probably known people who were geeky and socially awkward but very smart. When does geeks and nerds become autism? That's a gray area. Half the people in Silicon Valley probably have autism.

  Temple Grandin

  Jobs, Smart, Autism

• Autism is part of who I am.

  Temple Grandin

  Who I Am, Autism

  "A Look Inside Temple Grandin's Mind". Interview With Susan Dunne, articles.courant.com. February 24, 2011.

• There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They can do calendar calculations. And this is similar to some of the skills that animals have.

  Temple Grandin

  Animal, Skills, Cities

  "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

• Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.

  Temple Grandin

  Motivation, Inspiration, Thinking

• If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple.

  Temple Grandin

  Simple, Autism, Stuff

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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

  Temple Grandin

  People, Autism, Next

  "Temple Grandin On The Secret To Success For Kids With Autism". Interview with Macrina Cooper-White, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 29, 2014.

• If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.

  Temple Grandin

  Space, Autism, Delay

• You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid.

  Temple Grandin

  Stupid, People, Autism

  Temple Grandin (2011). “The Way I See it: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's”, p.275, Future Horizons

• People with autism aren't interested in social chit-chat.

  Temple Grandin

  People, Autism, Social

  "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

• If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

  Temple Grandin

  Motivational, Change, Positive

  "The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA" by Emily Shire, www.thedailybeast.com. November 17, 2014.

• I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Treatment, Integrated

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 01, 1996.

• The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.

  Temple Grandin

  People, Autism, Important

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