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When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking was even different was when I was in college and I read an article about, you know, some scientist said that the caveman could not have designed tools until they had language.

~Temple Grandin

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I've always thought of myself as a cattle-handling specialist, a college professor first; autism is secondary.

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From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder.

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When I was younger, I was looking for this magic meaning of life.

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I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to yakking really fast by themselves, it just sounded like 'oi oi.' I thought grownups had a separate language. I've now figured out I was not hearing the hard consonant sounds.

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Some people with autism who don't talk, all they hear are vowel sounds. Like if I said 'cup,' they might just hear 'uh.'

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One big question that's come up is: Has autism increased on the mild side of things? I don't think so - they've always been here. Some of this is increased detection.

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I've worked with tons of people that I know who are on the spectrum - but now I think severe autism has really increased.

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It's much more work for the mother of an autistic child to have a job, because working with an autistic child is such a hassle until they go to school.

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Autistic children are very difficult to take care of, especially severely autistic ones. When I was 4, I had almost no language; when I was 3, I had none at all.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: August 29th, 1947

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