If I did not have my work, I would not have any life. Temple Grandin More Quotes by Temple Grandin More Quotes From Temple Grandin I am a big believer in early intervention. Temple Grandin intervention believer bigs There are three basic ways [to use a dog to work with autistic children], one is just to be companion person and I'm thinking now more of autistic kids not somebody in a wheelchair or the dog belongs to a therapist and then it's used as an ice breaker to get the kid talking and get the kid interacting. Temple Grandin dog kids thinking I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there's another type that's not a visual thinker at all, and they're the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics, all of the weather statistics. Temple Grandin math sports thinking Sometimes you have to go outside your field of study to find the right people. Temple Grandin study fields people My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. Temple Grandin airplane pilots grandfather I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching spinning plates for hours. I didn't want to be touched. I couldn't shut out background noise. I didn't talk until I was about 4 years old. I screamed. I hummed. But as I grew up, I improved. Temple Grandin background-noise spinning-plates years I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac. Temple Grandin prozac adults numbers Basically when it comes to autistic kids and animals there's kind of three ways that they work, some of them are instant best buddies, they understand a cat, they understand a dog - they're best studies with it, they just know how to communicate with it. Then there's other kids that begin with a little bit of fear of the cat or the dog, but then they begin to like it and then there are other kids where you have a sensory problem - the cat meows and it hurts their ears, so they want to stay away from the cat because you never know when he might meow. Temple Grandin cat hurt dog I think there's some kids that need to go from being a child to being a grown-up. You get out in the tech communities, the parents just apprentice their kid into the industry and they just skip being a teenager. Temple Grandin teenager kids children I'm a big believer in getting kids involved in things where there's a shared interest because that's where they can have friends. Temple Grandin interest bigs kids Some autistic children cannot stand the sound of certain voices. I have come across cases where teachers tell me that certain children have problems with their voice or another person's voice. This problem tends to be related to high-pitched ladies' voices. Temple Grandin voice teacher children The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous scientists and musicians. And we've got to work on strengths. We also have to work on teaching basic manners and skills. Temple Grandin autism skills teaching I'm pure geek, pure logic. Temple Grandin geek pure logic Autism is an extremely variable disorder. Temple Grandin variables autism disorder I try to return my calls but I get inundated with emails and I can't answer them all. So often, I have to refer to them my webpage and the frequently asked questions or refer them to the books. But if they take the time to call me, I try to call back. You know, I am really busy, but just happened to have an hour in the hotel room and had some time before I have to meet some people about 20 minutes. Temple Grandin trying book people 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 my words out. So the only way I could tell someone what I wanted was to scream. If I didn't want to wear a hat, the only way I knew to communicate was screaming and throwing it on the floor. Temple Grandin stressed want two I like to figure things out and solve problems. Temple Grandin solve figures problem Animals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals have special talents normal people don't, the same way autistic people have special talents normal people don't; and at least some animals have special forms of genius normal people don't, the same way some autistic savants have special forms of genius. I think most of the time animal genius probably happens for the same reason autistic genius does: a difference in the brain autistic people share with animals. Temple Grandin differences animal thinking My Advice is: You always have to keep persevering. Temple Grandin autism advice 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. Temple Grandin autism fire men
