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There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They can do calendar calculations. And this is similar to some of the skills that animals have.
Temple Grandin
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Temple Grandin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 29
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The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things.
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People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?
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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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I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching spinning plates for hours. I didn't want to be touched. I couldn't shut out background noise. I didn't talk until I was about 4 years old. I screamed. I hummed. But as I grew up, I improved.
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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.
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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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But my favorite of Einstein's words on religion is Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind. I like this because both science and religion are needed to answer life's great questions.
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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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What do I do when I go home? Work. That's basically my social life. I'm married to work.
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The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.
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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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