Temple Grandin On Mark Zuckerberg and Overcoming Autism

This is where I am right now, here in my 20s proving every single one I am not stupid despite my autism spectrum. I may not have started talking till I was 4, had learning differences in my education, but an individual with the spectrum soon enough pulls out the extreme intelligence by having a mind like an encyclopedia. I am not stupid, and I never have been. Thank you Temple <3

My son has aspergers and she is right. Everything has to be taught. Every expression, every turn of phrase, every manner.. it can be very overwhelming but he is the sweetest boy and unlike all his normal friends and classmates, he would never hurt anyone (feelings or otherwise) on purpose. He loves more than any other person I have ever heard tale of.

I love this lady, my son has autism, she has given me hope for him...

I know what this lovely lady has lived through.  Animals have a natural affinity for the autistic people.  They communicate with each other.  My husband was born in 1928, when Autism wasn't even known about.  When we married, we dug deep, and finally found out about his being autistic.  Once he knew what it was, he became focused on finding a way THROUGH it.  He passed away in March at 86, a man who knew he was loved, and how to trust and love in return..He had, like all autistic challenged people, an incredible mind!  Multi-talented, and knew so much about the universe, and it made sense tohim!  These are not handicapped people...they are challenged, and in return, God has given each one an awesome talent.  People need to RESPECT and LOVE these awesome people.  I did, and it made my life so much better...I was loved beyond measure.  Isn't communication what life is all about?

I have autism and was just diagnosed at age 49. It is such a release to understand my thought process. I hear every instrument in original songs in my head but failed every music class and the ability to learn scales. I am glad I now know that my neuro system is designed a certain way, for a reason.

Temple Grandin will go down as one of the greatest of all times. People will still be talking about her and her work 300 years from now!

I can seat here & listen to her forever... What interesting woman Dr. Temple Grandin that is!!!!!!!!!

I love Temple Grandin - she's my hero!

She's a beautiful person, I love her.

Temple is an Amazing example of someone who overcame the things that limited her to be able to utilize her incredible talents to the fullest. And those Roy Rogers rules for life ought to come into popularity again - we could all do with a good dose of those. 👍🏽

Temple Grandin is an inspiration to many!

I too am on the spectrum and what I like about her is that she is so positive and a good mentor figure for the Autism community. Not only to those on the spectrum but to others as well.

An inspiring woman. What she says about the dreadful values transmitted by shows like 'survivor' etc. is so true and important

Great clip reinforcing why families, schools, and communities need to teach social skills on a regular basis. I agree with Temple Grandin about the harm coming from "reality" shows. I believe that many of them are teaching kids (and adults) that it's OK to be intolerant, obnoxious, and unkind. Reality shows often encourage bullying and abuse.

Dr Temple Grandin is relaxed in this interview, the interviwer is calmly asking questions to learn.

It always interests me to see the different ways we atypicals find to deal with the fact that society expects typicality... I think, if "normal" people really appreciated just how much we're capable of, they'd be a lot more intimidated by us. To wit: I was a quiet kid, socially awkward, couldn't stand to pick up the phone for anything, basically only spoke when spoken to and sounded like Data from Star Trek when I did (ie. stilted and formal). I got a job in a call center, and within less than a month, that all changes. If I didn't mention I'm an Aspie to someone at this point, they'd have no idea. I learned a number of useful skills, but the biggest one I learned was how to be both a talker and a listener simultaneously. We already have these amazing memories, and we can put them to good use by letting someone get the part of the conversation they want out of the way and then bring up what we'd wanted to talk about from the start without them even realizing we'd meant for that to happen. We're still able to fluently follow and contribute to the conversation prior to that injection, no less, and even go back to it once we've said our piece. What we have is no disability. We're effectively running on a different code base and with slightly different hardware. That just means we have to find interesting ways to get our code to imitate their code. When you approach it that way, emulating "normal" becomes less of a chore and more of a potentially fun challenge.

50s had more "values" pounded into society - besides the problems and ignorances, there were a lot of quality values we need more than ever today.

Im an incredibly mild aspie myself with above average IQ of 135. But im still very un social even though I play in a band and don't really hang out after. I do come off as rude. Im quite stubborn and arrogant sometimes to.

He's a sharp and sincere interviewer! Nice pace editing too!

She's so well-spoken, articulate.