Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.
Temple GrandinRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the struggle of early communication and the transition from primal expressions to structured language.
Temple Grandin's quote reflects on her personal experience with communication difficulties, illustrating how she initially expressed herself through screaming before developing the ability to use language. This highlights the complexity and gradual process of learning to communicate effectively, as well as the challenges faced by those with difficulties in verbal expression.
Themes
CommunicationLanguageExpressionStruggleScreaming
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared in a workshop on communication skills to emphasize the importance of developing effective language.
More from Temple Grandin
All quotes →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 GrandinRead
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 GrandinRead
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 GrandinRead
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 GrandinRead
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.
Temple GrandinRead
Similar quotes
You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. And you cannot give that which you do not possess. To give it and to share it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it. Good communication starts with good preparation.
Jim RohnRead
If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.
Mark TwainRead
She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
George Bernard ShawRead
He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.
Laurie Halse AndersonRead
Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.
Gregory BatesonRead
So much of what passes for conversation today is degraded. It's either about one-upmanship, or dreary trivia. Even the cut and thrust of wit and bons mots is a form of bedazzlement designed to stop conversations dead rather than broaden them.
Theodore ZeldinRead