To understand animal thinking you've got to get away from a language. Temple Grandin More Quotes by Temple Grandin More Quotes From Temple Grandin It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I have observed that the people who are completely out of touch with nature are the most afraid of death. Temple Grandin natureanimalpeople I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone. Temple Grandin motherteacherkids People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection. Temple Grandin high-standardsperfectionpeople 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. Temple Grandin not-interesteddonewant 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 doorschildrenthinking In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength. Temple Grandin too-muchenoughspecial I believe that the place where an animal dies is a sacred one. There is a need to bring ritual into the conventional slaughter plants and use as a means to shape people's behavior. It would help prevent people from becoming numbed, callous, or cruel. The ritual could be something very simple, such as a moment of silence. In addition to developing better designs and making equipment to insure the humane treatments of all animals, that would be my contribution. Temple Grandin animalmeanbelieve I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. Temple Grandin autismenoughteacher My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures. Temple Grandin googlekeysmind As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo animals who are raised in a barren environment. Temple Grandin animalzooschildren You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid. Temple Grandin autismstupidpeople 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 educationaldoechildren 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 changemotivationalpositive If you see a child with autistic-like behaviors at age two and three, the worst thing you can do is just let them sit and watch TV all day. That's just the worst thing you can do. You need to have a teacher working with that child, working on teaching language, working on social interaction, working on getting them interested in different things, and keeping their brain connected to the world. Temple Grandin teachingteacherchildren The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things. Temple Grandin autismimportantpeople When you're a weird geek, the way to sell yourself is to show your skills. Temple Grandin geekskillsway I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me. Temple Grandin giving-upmotherteacher If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am. Temple Grandin fingersautisminspiring You can be honest without sharing your opinions on everything. Temple Grandin being-honesthonestopinion What parents and teachers and caregivers did with me that actually worked and a lot of that was the old fashion 50s upbringing. They just gave the instruction when I did something wrong - life was more structured. So basically it's [my work] based on experiences with me that worked and it was teachers and parents that made me have those experiences. Temple Grandin fashionparentteacher
