Temple Grandin Quotes

Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.
Temple Grandin

Children, Working, Teachers

I am a big believer in early intervention.
Temple Grandin

Big, Early, Believer

The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior.
Temple Grandin

Help, Person, May

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

Children, Person, Cannot

I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism.
Temple Grandin

Autism, Approach, Believer

I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff.
Temple Grandin

Change, Real, Makes

Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach.
Temple Grandin

Children, May, Approach

I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac.
Temple Grandin

Number, Autistic, Prozac

I like to figure things out and solve problems.
Temple Grandin

Problems, Figure, Solve

I would not be here now if I did not have anti-depressants.
Temple Grandin

If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.
Temple Grandin

My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes.
Temple Grandin

Engineer, Pilot, Automatic

My life is basically my work.
Temple Grandin

Life, Work, Basically

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

Children, Label, Tremendous

There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics.
Temple Grandin

Around, Autism, Genetics

We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world.
Temple Grandin

Work, Children, Keeping

Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems.
Temple Grandin

Work, School, Children

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

Life, Science, Teacher

It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom. If they want something, then they need to learn to request that thing.
Temple Grandin

Children, Parents, Important

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

Children, May, Found

I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.
Temple Grandin

Down, Before, Same

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

Brain, Social, Less

Language for me narrates the pictures in my mind. When I work on designing livestock equipment I can test run that equipment in my head like 3-D virtual reality. In fact, when I was in college I used to think that everybody was able to do that.
Temple Grandin

Work, Mind, Reality

Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.
Temple Grandin

Teacher, Long, Child

What I've tried to do is combine both my personal experiences with scientific research. I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.
Temple Grandin

Between, Personal, Both

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Nationality: American

Born: August 29, 1947

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