Top 75 Quotes by Temple Grandin

About Temple Grandin

These are some quotes by American author Temple Grandin Educator, who was born on August 29, 1947.

If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.

If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.

Temple Grandin

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 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 Grandin

There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label.

There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label.

Temple Grandin

Computerized medical records will enable statistical analysis to be used to determine which treatments are most effective.

Computerized medical records will enable statistical analysis to be used to determine which treatments are most effective.

Temple Grandin

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

Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can't stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there's too much stimulation.

Temple Grandin

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.

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

Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies.

Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies.

Temple Grandin

I've worked with tons of people that I know who are on the spectrum - but now I think severe autism has really increased.

I've worked with tons of people that I know who are on the spectrum - but now I think severe autism has really increased.

Temple Grandin

Pressure is calming to the nervous system.

Pressure is calming to the nervous system.

Temple Grandin

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