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There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

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Temple Grandin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 29
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You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what to expect. You have to find skilled mentors to teach them things. For me, it was an aunt, and it was my science teacher. You need to find the things they're interested in and good at and expand on this.
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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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People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.
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The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else.
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I've got a lot of people that are really good at taming animals and working with animals and they can't explain how they do. They just get a feeling from the animal.
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I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac.
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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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Everything I think is in pictures.
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I think there's some kids that need to go from being a child to being a grown-up. You get out in the tech communities, the parents just apprentice their kid into the industry and they just skip being a teenager.
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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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Us visual thinkers like me, be good at things like industrial design, graphics, art, those kind of jobs.
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You could train cats do things, a lot of people don't think cats aren't trainable. Cats can be trusted just a friend.
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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.
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Animals make us Human.
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Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better than other dogs. They are a real good natured. They’re also real calm and sometimes when working with autistic children that’s probably more popular dog breed - now there are different ways to use service animals.
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One of the things I want to do is be a decent role model. I've got a lot of emails and stuff from children. They look up to me. Kids get different labels and things like that and I want those kids to succeed.
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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.
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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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The animal that I have worked with the most is beef cattle, so that's my favorite animal, but I like all animals.
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I don't define myself as autistic first. I don't want to be a professional autistic. I think it's important to have a real job.
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