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Temple Grandin


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in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
December 03, 1947

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Temple Grandin, Ph.D., didn't talk until she was three and a half years old, communicating her frustration instead by screaming, peeping, and humming. In 1950, she was diagnosed with autism and her parents were told she should be institutionalized. She tells her story of "groping her way from the far side of darkness" in her book Emergence: Labeled Autistic, a book which stunned the world because, until its publication, most professionals and parents assumed that an autism diagnosis was virtually a death sentence to achievement or productivity in life.

Even though she was considered "weird" in her young school years, she eventually found a mentor, who recognized her interests and abilities. Dr. Grandin later developed her talents into a succ ...more

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“I am different, not less.”
― Temple Grandin
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“Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.”
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“What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool?

You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.”
― Temple Grandin, The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's
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Glens Falls (NY) ...: _ Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior_ by Temple Grandin 8 26 Feb 10, 2009 07:03PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. 5.7 (March is Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month) 60 182 Apr 17, 2010 05:30PM  
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Wild Things: YA G...: Autism 5 51 Jul 22, 2010 05:19AM  
Glens Falls (NY) ...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Have you seen any good movies lately? (Part THREE - 2010) 1349 148 Dec 31, 2010 08:52PM  
THE JAMES MASON C...: Recommend good read please 4 10 May 13, 2011 08:07AM  
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