More From Temple Grandin
- "Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week."
- "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."
- "Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don’t want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn’t have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social ‘yak yaks.’"
More In Good
- "I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life."― Ronald Reagan
- "It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."― Rene Descartes
- "For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth."― Bo Bennett