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Temple Grandin

Profession : Educator

Birth : August 29, 1947

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.

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

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I've always thought of myself as a cattle-handling specialist, a college professor first; autism is secondary.

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I was fascinated with optical illusions.

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My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures.

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

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I am a big believer in early intervention.

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I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect.

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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.

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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.

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Autism is part of who I am.

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

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

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Autism is an extremely variable disorder.

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If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple.

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

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I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems, that's really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who likes to sail, that's interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring.

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You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out.

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

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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.

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