If you see a child with autistic-like behaviors at age two and three, the worst thing you can do is just let them sit and watch TV all day. That's just the worst thing you can do. You need to have a teacher working with that child, working on teaching language, working on social interaction, working on getting them interested in different things, and keeping their brain connected to the world.
Temple GrandinThere's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example.
Temple GrandinThere needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.
Temple GrandinSometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.
Temple GrandinIf language naturally evolves to serve the needs of tiny rodents with tiny rodent brains, then what's unique about language isn't the brilliant humans who invented it to communicate high-level abstract thoughts. What's unique about language is that the creatures who develop it are highly vulnerable to being eaten.
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