Apr 26, 2017
“Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg.” ― Paul Collins
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“Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg.” ― Paul Collins
"If I did not have my work, I would not have my life."
- Temple Grandin
"I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at. Being with people who share your interests makes socializing easier."
- Temple Grandin
"You are the most brave intrepid person I have ever known, and you have dedicated your life to helping those who are misunderstood and underrepresented."
- Claire Danes
“This is a FOREVER journey with this creative, funny, highly intelligent, aggressive, impulsive, nonsocial, behavioral, often times loving individual. The nurse said to me after 6 hours with him ‘He is a gift’ INDEED he is,”
-Janet Frenchette Held, Parent
ʺI had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.ʺ
- Temple Grandin
"The most important thing people did for me was to expose me to new things."
- Temple Grandin
"We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world."
- Temple Grandin