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10 inspiring Temple Grandin quotes… have to keep persevering."  "If I did not have my work, I would not have my life." Actress Claire Danes portrayed Dr. Grandin in the HBO 2010 biopic, Temple Grandin. Watch the trailer for the film and Claire Dane's Emmy acceptance speech where she talked about playing the …

Autism is one word attempting to describe millions of different stories… within my presentations that truly reflect the current state of our autism community. We have popular quotes such as Dr. Temple Grandin where she says "Different, not less" to Dr. Stephen Shore's quote of "If you've met one individual with autism, …

Autism reads… in the midst of the struggles of raising an autistic child. The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed  Temple Grandin may be the most famous person with autism, a condition that affects 1 in 59 children. Since her birth in 1947, our …

What Women’s History Month means to me… to recognize during women’s history month? How has that person touched your life? Annie and I would like to recognize Dr. Temple Grandin for the incredible strides she has made for autism awareness, self-advocacy, and to giving a face and a voice for so …

John Frizzell: Leveraging the talents of autistic individuals to 'boldy go where no one has gone before'… wasn't until much later, as I got to thinking about how  Star Trek's Mr. Spock is often cited as a hero by autism pioneer Temple Grandin, that I began to reflect on the parallels between the value of Vulcan and autistic traits. Though Spock is not …

Reflecting on my nonspeaking autistic son's 40th birthday… autism at a deepened human level, listen to and read the advice of autistic adults who are self-advocates, for starters: Temple Grandin proclaims that she is “Different but not less.”  Dena Gassner teaches, “You don’t outgrow autism, you grow into it.” …