Autism is an extremely variable disorder. Temple Grandin More Quotes by Temple Grandin More Quotes From Temple Grandin These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over what it should be, and it has changed. It's not precise like a diagnosis of tuberculosis would be very precise. Temple Grandin other-half autism doctors Language for me narrates the pictures in my mind. When I work on designing livestock equipment I can test run that equipment in my head like 3-D virtual reality. In fact, when I was in college I used to think that everybody was able to do that. Temple Grandin college running reality From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder. Temple Grandin aspergers syndromes autism The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else. Temple Grandin specialists autistic brain My mother was always expanding my art skills and getting me to paint different things. You always got to push some. And, I mean, I learned basic things like getting up on time, how to shop - you know, you don't touch things in a store you're not going to buy. These things were taught very young. I don't see today enough of this basic, you know, basic skill teaching. Temple Grandin teaching mother art Different cats don't like certain litter. They also don't like an unstable floor, no animal like's unstable floor. So if you put a thin piece of plastic down under a litter box and the cat walks on it and starts to slip, they don't like that. Any animal doesn't like an unstable floor. Temple Grandin cat different animal I've got a lot of people that are really good at taming animals and working with animals; and they can't explain how they do. They just get a feeling from the animal. 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Temple Grandin jobs drama art You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what to expect. You have to find skilled mentors to teach them things. For me, it was an aunt, and it was my science teacher. You need to find the things they're interested in and good at and expand on this. Temple Grandin aunt teacher kids I think that autistic brains tend to be specialized brains. Autistic people tend to be less social. It takes a ton of processor space in the brain to have all the social circuits. I mean after all, the first stone spear was not designed by the totally social people. Temple Grandin space mean thinking Now there are a few things with a shelter - like with noise control, don't face dog runs facing each other that tends to encourage barking. The problem you've got is that the kind of materials that absorb noise are difficult to clean. One of the biggest problems in the design of animal shelters is that animals are barking and it's like the sound of a jet plane taking off. Temple Grandin dog running animal My life - autism's an important part of it, but it bothers me when I see kids where autism and their autism is the only thing they think about. I'd rather have them think about, you know, some art work they were gonna do or some science they wanted to do. Temple Grandin kids art thinking You get these fear memories that are hard to undo. Temple Grandin hard memories I get asked a lot why cats mess outside the litter box. The simplest thing is if you have more than one cat and you have two litter boxes, don't put them right next to each other. Temple Grandin next cat two Engineering is easy - it's the people problems that are hard. Temple Grandin engineering problem people Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism. Temple Grandin valleys autism half 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 verbal and who's not. And there seem to be certain kids who, as they learn more and more, they get less autistic acting, and they learn social skills enough so that they can turn out socially normal. Temple Grandin acting skills kids The people that were socially awkward from my generation, they all had paper routes and that taught them the discipline of work. Temple Grandin awkward discipline people
