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Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

Temple Grandin

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Temple Grandin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 29
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Mary Temple Grandin
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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.
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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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If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.
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I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling.
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I think a brain can be made more thinking or made more emotional. At what point does this become abnormal? Autism in its milder variants, I think, is part of normal human variation.
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I'm a big believer in getting kids involved in things where there's a shared interest because that's where they can have friends.
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we raise them for us that means we owe them some respect. nature is creul but we dont have to be. i wouldnt want to have my guts ripped out by a lion. i'd much rather die in a slaughter house if it were done right.
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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.
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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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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
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What do I do when I go home? Work. That's basically my social life. I'm married to work.
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Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.
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The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.
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If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.
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People wouldn’t have become who we are today if we hadn’t coevolved with dogs.
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Just think about it yourself you don't want to put the [cat's] litter box down the basement because that's too far, on the other hand you don't want to put where everybody is traipsing in and out the back the door.
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Fear was my main emotion until I started taking anti-depressant medication. And I was one of the people where, as I got older, the fear got worse and worse. So I can really relate to an animal getting, you know, scared and traumatized.
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These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over what it should be, and it has changed. It's not precise like a diagnosis of tuberculosis would be very precise.
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I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to give those animals a decent life, and we've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.
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I'm pure geek, pure logic.
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