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Psychology - Author’s Quotes

These quotes are listed alphabetically by author and then date published. They are included here because, in my opinion, they can spark important reflection. Click on a quote image for further discussion.


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Alex Gillespie     Enrico Gnaulati     Temple Grandin     Stanley I. Greenspan     Paul E. McGhee     Barry M. Prizant    
Stuart G. Shanker     Steve Silberman


TEMPLE GRANDIN

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”All people on the spectrum think in details, but there are three basic categories of specialized brains.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 28.


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”Visual thinkers, like me, think in photographically specific images.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 28.


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”Visual thinkers are well suited to jobs in drafting, graphic design, training animals, auto mechanics, jewelry making, construction, and factory automation.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 28.


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”Music and math thinkers think in patterns. These people often excel at math, chess, and computer programming.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 28.


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”Verbal logic thinkers think in word details. They often love history, foreign languages, weather statistics, and stock market reports.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 29.


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”The one common denominator of all autistic and Asperger thinking is that details are associated into categories to form a concept.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 32.


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”I am very concerned about careers for people with high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome. Since Thinking in Pictures was written, more and more really gifted students are being labeled as having Asperger's. I am worried that some of these students will have their careers hindered by the label. The students I am most concerned about are the very bright students who are not being challenged at school and who misbehave because they are bored. In some schools these students are kept out of gifted and talented classes due to the Asperger's label.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 116.


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”I have observed that there are many successful undiagnosed people with Asperger's working in many jobs.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 116.


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”A little bit of the autism trait provides advantages but too much creates a low-functioning individual who can not live independently. The paradox is that milder forms of autism and Asperger's are part of human diversity but severe autism is a great disability. There is no black-and-white dividing line between an eccentric brilliant scientist and Asperger's.”
Grandin, Temple (2006) Thinking in pictures. Random House, Inc.: New York, New York. p. 122.


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