Temple Grandin Autistic Quotations

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.

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.

People on the autistic spectrum tend to get fixated on what they think.

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.