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" 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
Go
Years
Up And Down
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" 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. "
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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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Information
Talking
Sail
" Costs for liability insurance are higher than costs for many procedures. There is a need to reform liability laws to stop out-of-control health care costs. "
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Care
Stop
" Autistic children are very difficult to take care of, especially severely autistic ones. When I was 4, I had almost no language; when I was 3, I had none at all. "
Temple Grandin
Children
Had
Language
" I would not be here now if I did not have anti-depressants. "
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Now
Would
Did
" Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach. "
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May
Some
Need
" Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. "
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Just
Working
Teachers
" 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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World
Research
Like
" Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.' "
Temple Grandin
Science
Art
End
" The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things. "
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New Things
People
Important
" I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. "
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Enough
Good
Teacher
" 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
Way
More
Research
" 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
Environment
Children
Animals
" 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. "
Temple Grandin
Start
Improvement
Simple
" Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals don't think in a language. It's sensory based thinking, thinking in pictures, thinking in smells, thinking in touches. It's putting these sensory based memories into categories. "
Temple Grandin
Animal
Memories
Think
" I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism. "
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Autism
Treatment
Approach
" My mind sort of works like a search engine. You ask me something, and I start seeing pictures. "
Temple Grandin
Me
You
Start
" When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking was even different was when I was in college and I read an article about, you know, some scientist said that the caveman could not have designed tools until they had language. "
Temple Grandin
School
College
Thinking
" I am a big believer in early intervention. "
Temple Grandin
Am
Big
Intervention
" There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics. "
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Lot
Tech
You
" From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder. "
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Autism
Separate
Spectrum
" My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. "
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Pilot
Engineer
Grandfather
" I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world. "
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Divide
Like
Personal
" My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against my skin, and I don't know why some 100% cotton t-shirts itch and others don't; it has something to do with the weave. "
Temple Grandin
Clothes
Know
Problems
" I was so afraid to go out west to my aunt's ranch. But the only choice my mother gave me was to go for two weeks or all summer. I wound up staying all summer. And that's where I learned about cattle. I could relate to their behavior, their fears. "
Temple Grandin
Mother
Me
Choice
" My life is basically my work. "
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Work
My Life
Life
" When I was younger, I was looking for this magic meaning of life. "
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Younger
Life
Looking
" I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac. "
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Prozac
Well
Number
" 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. "
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Children
Picture
Important
" I use my mind to solve problems and invent things. "
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Things
Solve
Mind