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.
The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's lik… - Temple Grandin
The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's lik…
- Temple Grandin
The world needs different kinds of minds to work together. - Temple Grandin
The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.
I am different, not less - Temple Grandin
I am different, not less
When I was younger I was looking for this magic meaning of life. It's very simple now. Making the lives of others better, doing something of lasting … - Temple Grandin
When I was younger I was looking for this magic meaning of life. It's very simple now. Making the lives of others better, doing something of lasting …
In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength. - Temple Grandin
In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.
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 soci… - Temple Grandin
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 soci…
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 believe… - Temple Grandin
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 believe…
There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do. - Temple Grandin
There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.
The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things. - Temple Grandin
The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.
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