Dr. Temple Grandin comes to Google to talk about her book: The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum. When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies have moved from the realm of psychology to neurology and genetics, and there is far more hope today than ever before thanks to groundbreaking new research into causes and treatments.

Now Temple Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science, bringing her singular perspective to a thrilling journey into the heart of the autism revolution.

 

Temple Grandin sees the autism spectrum in some of the world’s most successful people.

“I’ve been to Microsoft, Google, Facebook, NASA – there’s a lot of people with autism there,” the Colorado State University professor said. “The same genes that make people have big brains make people have autism.”

Grandin, an outspoken woman with autism best known for her revolutionary work in the field of animal husbandry, drew more than 1,000 people to a Friday night speech at North Idaho College. Hosted by the Panhandle Autism Society, the event was both speech and seminar, with Grandin using humor to drive home her points.

Grandin aimed much of her speech at parents dealing with children who have autism. Not only can those children live normal lives, she said, but they can excel.

She said teaching skills to a child with autism “is like trying to teach someone how to behave in a foreign country.”

“Give the kids time to respond. They’re like a phone with one bar of service,” she said. “It takes more time to download the webpage.”

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I’m a fan of Temple Grandin so I was very interested in this alternative view. What do you think? Have your say at AutismTalk here.

“Most Autistics I know are sick of her. I’m sick of her. She lives in a little hug-machine la la land and she needs to stick to her slaughter house obsession.

I will turn comments off for this video because I’m dealing with family crisis and don’t have time to argue with people who won’t even google the controversies about Grandin”