3 December 2020 Temple Grandin If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.
3 December 2020 Temple Grandin 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.
3 December 2020 Temple Grandin People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.
3 December 2020 Temple Grandin A treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis.
3 December 2020 Temple Grandin 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.
3 December 2020 Temple Grandin 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.
3 December 2020 Temple Grandin 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.
