These quotes are listed alphabetically by author and then date published. They are included here because, in my opinion, they can spark important reflection. Click on a quote image for further discussion.
Alex Gillespie Enrico Gnaulati Temple Grandin Stanley I. Greenspan Paul E. McGhee Barry M. Prizant
Stuart G. Shanker Steve Silberman
TEMPLE GRANDIN - Continued...
”In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an Aspie who chipped away at rocks while the other people socialized around the campfire. Without autism traits we might still be living in caves.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 122.
”Autistic people tend to have difficulty lying because of the complex emotions involved in deception.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 122.
”Learning social skills is like learning how to act in a play. Social skills can be taught but social emotional relatedness cannot be taught. Social skills and emotional relatedness are two different things.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 164.
”My emotion is either turned on or all turned off. I have the four simple emotions of happy, sad, fearful, or angry. I never have mixtures of these emotions, but I can rapidly switch emotions.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 164.
”Briefly, the most important similarity is that both animals and people with autism can think without language. They think by associating sensory based memories such as smells, sounds, or visual images into categories.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 201.
”The second similarity is that both animals and people with autism possess savant-type skills.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 201.
”The third similarity is that both think in details. ...my thinking involves putting details together to form concepts. A normal person forms a concept first and tends to ignore details. Animals and individuals with autism notice details that normal people may not perceive.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 201.
”The fourth similarity between animals and autism is extreme sensitivity to tone. I did not perceive eye signals from other people but I did attend to tone of voice. Tone was the only subtle social signal that I perceived.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 202.
”I beg you: Do not allow a child or an adult to become defined by a DSM label.”
Grandin, Temple (2013) The Autistic Brain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Boston; New York. p. vii.