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One area of study that still needs to be done is the kind of autism where kids have speech and they lose it. Some parents say it's happened right after vaccines. That group needs to be studied separately from others.
Temple Grandin
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Temple Grandin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 29
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Sometimes cats just avoid using a litter box but that [cat going poop outside the litter box but pees inside the litter box] is kind of strange. Most time people ask me why they go outside the litter box period.
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People wouldn’t have become who we are today if we hadn’t coevolved with dogs.
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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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What do I do when I go home? Work. That's basically my social life. I'm married to work.
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