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Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition

: My Life with Autism

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences

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“I believe that the place where an animal dies is a sacred one. There is a need to bring ritual into the conventional slaughter plants and use as a means to shape people's behavior. It would help prevent people from becoming numbed, callous, or cruel. The ritual could be something very simple, such a…”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

Tagged: Place, Death, animal, Slaughter, Ritual

“The only place on earth where immortality is provided is in libraries. This is the collective memory of humanity.”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

Tagged: Immortality, Life, Place, Earth, library

“But my favorite of Einstein's words on religion is "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." I like this because both science and religion are needed to answer life's great questions.”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

Tagged: einstein, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Belief

“In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an Aspie who chipped away at rocks while the other people socia…”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

Tagged: Autism, Scientists, Traits, socialization

“If by some magic, autism had been eradicated from the face of the earth, then men would still be socializing in front of a wood fire at the entrance to a cave.”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

Tagged: Autism, Thoughts, Eradication, socialization

“Most people don't realize that the slaughter plant is much gentler than nature. Animals in the wild die from starvation, predators, or exposure. If I had a choice, I would rather go through a slaughter system than have my guts ripped out by coyotes or lions while I was still conscious. Unfortunately…”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

Tagged: plants, Animals, Nature, Birth, Death