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" We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world. "
Temple Grandin
World
Children
Work
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" 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
Child
Research
Teacher
" 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
" When I was younger, I was looking for this magic meaning of life. "
Temple Grandin
Younger
Life
Looking
" You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out. "
Temple Grandin
You
Children
Got
" 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
Autism
Now
People
" 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
Mother
Me
Science
" From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder. "
Temple Grandin
Autism
Separate
Spectrum
" 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
World
Research
Like
" I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to yakking really fast by themselves, it just sounded like 'oi oi.' I thought grownups had a separate language. I've now figured out I was not hearing the hard consonant sounds. "
Temple Grandin
Words
Problems
Thought
" People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet. "
Temple Grandin
Magic
Looking
Change
" 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 cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. "
Temple Grandin
Enough
Good
Teacher
" 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
Need
World
Seeing
" There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label. "
Temple Grandin
Tremendous
Range
Label
" I'm a visual thinker, not a language-based thinker. My brain is like Google Images. "
Temple Grandin
Google
Brain
Visual
" My mind sort of works like a search engine. You ask me something, and I start seeing pictures. "
Temple Grandin
Me
You
Start
" 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
" One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've always been here. Some of this is increased detection. "
Temple Grandin
Here
Big
Think
" Computerized medical records will enable statistical analysis to be used to determine which treatments are most effective. "
Temple Grandin
Analysis
Most
Medical
" I think the core criterion is the social awkwardness, but the sensory issues are a serious problem in many, many cases of autism, and they make it impossible to operate in the environment where you're supposed to be social. "
Temple Grandin
Problem
Environment
Think
" Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments. "
Temple Grandin
Know
Parenting
Differences
" One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears. "
Temple Grandin
Dentist
Hurt
Bell
" Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get my words out. So the only way I could tell someone what I wanted was to scream. If I didn't want to wear a hat, the only way I knew to communicate was screaming and throwing it on the floor. "
Temple Grandin
Language
Way
Words
" It's much more work for the mother of an autistic child to have a job, because working with an autistic child is such a hassle until they go to school. "
Temple Grandin
Work
School
Mother
" I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world. "
Temple Grandin
Divide
Like
Personal
" Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach. "
Temple Grandin
May
Some
Need
" 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
" Autism is part of who I am. "
Temple Grandin
I Am
Who
Autism
" 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 like being in a play; I'm always in a play. "
Temple Grandin
You
Always
Keep
" Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. "
Temple Grandin
Just
Working
Teachers