In Depth with Temple Grandin

Nov 1, 2009

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Author, autism advocate, and animal scientist Temple Grandin talked about her life, career, and body of work. Topics included autism, how she thinks in pictures, and her work with animals. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Temple Grandin is an animal science professor at Colorado State University and a consultant .. Read More
Author, autism advocate, and animal scientist Temple Grandin talked about her life, career, and body of work. Topics included autism, how she thinks in pictures, and her work with animals. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Temple Grandin is an animal science professor at Colorado State University and a consultant and designer of livestock handling facilities. She was diagnosed as autistic in 1950. A video clip was shown of her talking to people as she signed books at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 14, 2009. Temple Grandin is the author of over eight books, including Emergence: Labeled Autistic with Margaret Scariano (1986), Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism (1995), Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals (1997), Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism with Kate Duffy (2004), Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior with Catherine Johnson (2005), The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's (2008), Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding Livestock Behavior and Building Facilities for Healthier Animals with Mark Dessing (2008), Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals (2009). Includes program ID 284911-4

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:46 Unidentified Speaker TEMPLE GRANDIN, WHAT DUE DO FOR A LIVING?
00:00:52 Guest I'M AN ANIMAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR. THE ONLY THING I DO IS I CONSULT WITH THE CATTLE INDUSTRY, PORK INDUSTRY,...
00:01:11 Host HOW DID YOU GET THERE?
00:01:14 Guest I STARTED IN ARIZONA VISITING FEED YARDS, AND FREELANCE. YOU START OUT ONE LITTLE PROJECT AT A TIME,...
00:01:37 Host WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW HOW ANIMALS THINK?
00:01:42 Guest WELL, WHEN I FIRST START OUT IN THE INDUSTRY, ONE OF THINGERT FIRST THINGS I HAD TO FIGURE OUT, I...
00:02:39 Host BUT AGAIN, WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT FOR US AS CONSUMERS OF MEAT TO KNOW HOW ANIMALS ARE THINKING?
00:02:46 Guest WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE ANIMALS A GOOD LIFE, AND ANIMALS MAKE A HUMAN -- I TALK ABOUT THIS,...
00:03:26 Host TEMPLE GRANDIN IS OUR GUEST THIS WEEK ON IN DEPTH, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIAL IN, YOU CAN CALL...
00:04:01 Guest MY THOUGHTS COME UP IN PICTURES. INSTEAD OF ASKING ME AN ABSTRACT QUESTION, JUST THINK OF ME LIKE ...
00:04:26 Host C-SPAN.
00:04:27 Guest I'M SEEING A HOTEL ROOM. I GOT THE TV ON THIS MORNING, AND I WAS WATCHING C-SPAN. BUT THE TV WOULDN'T...
00:04:54 Host CORRAL.
00:04:55 Guest I'M STARTING TO SEE MANY OF THE FACILITIES I WENT TO THEY START COMING UP LIKE SLIDES. CORRAL TENDS...
00:05:26 Host BOOK.
00:05:28 Guest YOU'RE NOT BEING VERY CREATIVE.
00:05:30 Host I DON'T KNOW I WAS GOING BE PUT ON THE SPOT.
00:05:33 Guest THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW I THINK. I HAVE TO SHOW YOU HOW TO -- IT KIND OF GETS...
00:05:55 Host HOW MANY PEEP PEOPLE IN THE U.S. THINK LIKE THAT?
00:05:58 Guest IRA NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PEOPLE THINKERS. ONE THING WHERE I'M EXTREME, I DESIGN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT...
00:06:41 Host YOU IN THINKING IN PICTURES, DR. GRANDIN, YOU TALK ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINKERS. WHAT ARE...
00:06:52 Guest I THOUGHT EVERYBODY ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM WAS A VISUAL THINKER LIKE ME. I FOUND OUT THAT'S NOT TRUE....
00:08:41 Host HOW DO YOU DEFINE AUTISM?
00:08:43 Guest A DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER THAT VARIES FROM GENIUS LIKE EINSTEIN, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED AWE CITIES TICK...
00:09:21 Host WHEN WERE YOU DIAGNOSED WE AUTISM?
00:09:25 Guest I WAS BORN IN 1947, SO IN 1949 I WAS TAKEN INTO A NEUROLOGIST IN BOSTON, WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T...
00:09:52 Host WHO IS LEO CANTOR.
00:09:53 Guest ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY WHAT AUTISM WAS. HIS PAPERS WERE PUBLISHED PRIOR TO 1947, BUT...
00:10:10 Host HAS HE DEFINITION OF AUTISM CHANGED OVER THE YEARS?
00:10:13 Guest WELL, NOT REALLY. YOU SEE, THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE WITH SOMETHING LIKE AUTISM OR EVEN DISLEX A YA IS...
00:11:06 Host WHEN YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM, WHAT WAS YOUR PARENTS' REACTION?
00:11:14 Guest WELL, FORTUNATELY, THE DOCTOR REFERRED MANURER A VERY GOOD SPEECH THERAPY SCHOOL, AND COULD SEE I...
00:12:21 Host AS AN AUTISTIC, IS IT EASY TO GOOD IN YOUR OWN WORLD?
00:12:25 Guest NOT NOW. YOU KEEP IMPROVING, AND PEOPLE SAY MY SPEECHES AT AGE 60 ARE BETTER THAN WHEN I WAS 50. ...
00:12:50 Host HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU WRITTEN? MY FIRST BOOK WAS LIVESTOCK HANDLING AND TRANSPORT. I HAVE HUMANE...
00:14:34 Host WHEN DID YOU START WRITING AND WHEN DID YOU START TALKING?
00:14:37 Guest I STARTED TALKING BY THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR. UNTIL I WAS PRETTY MUCH FLUENT AT FOUR. THEN I WAS...
00:15:06 Host IS YOUR SISTER AUTISTIC? NO NO, THEY'RE NOT.
00:15:09 Host ARE YOUR PARENTS STILL LIVING?
00:15:10 Guest MY MOTHER IS STILL AROUND. SHE IS 82 YEARS OLD.
00:15:16 Host WHERE WERE YOU RAISED.
00:15:17 Guest IN MASSACHUSETTS. AND THEN WHEN I WAS 14, I WENT AWAY TO BOARDING SCHOOL, AND I WAS KICKED OUT OF...
00:15:59 Host WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
00:16:00 Guest THEY DO THEY'RE UNDIAGNOSED. I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME WORKER HERE IN THIS STATION, AND NONE OF THIS...
00:16:27 Host WHY DID THEY CALL YOU TAPE RECORDER IN SCHOOL?
00:16:32 Guest I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS AT THE TIME, IS THAT WHENEVER I TALK IT SOUNDED LIKE LITTLE SCRIPTING. AND THE...
00:17:23 Host OUR GUEST IS TEMPLE GRANDIN. SHE WAS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY....
00:17:32 Guest FORT COLLINS. AND WE NEED TO GET THE WEB SITE FIXED.
00:17:39 Host CONGRATULATIONS.
00:17:41 Guest WELL, I'M A FULL PROFESSOR NOW. I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT. AND I NEED TO GET THAT DONE. FIXED ON...
00:17:50 Host DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BOOKS YOU SOLD? ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION SOLD WAY OVER 250,000. THINKING IN PICTURES...
00:18:33 Host BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO CALLS, YOU TALK ABOUT THE LIVE CORRALS -- I'M USING THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY I'M...
00:18:45 Guest WELL, HALF THE CAT UNTIL THIS COUNTRY GO TO THE MEAT PLANT AND THEY'RE HANDLED BY EQUIPMENT. AND...
00:19:44 Host YOU WORKED WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE?
00:19:48 Guest YES. I WAS HIRED TO DO A SURVEY OF HANDLING AND SLAUGHTER PLANTS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE AMERICA SCORING...
00:20:14 Guest IT'S A SENSORY THING. THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH A DOG LEARNS. A MAN TOOK SOME -- WHEN I FIRST STARTED...
00:21:20 Host WHO IS OLIVER SAKS.
00:21:22 Guest AN AUTHOR OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF BOOKS, AN THOUGH POLLING GIST FROM MARS -- ANTHROPOLOGY FROM MARS. ...
00:21:36 Host WHAT MADE YOU WRITE YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN 1986? WELL, THAT STARTED -- THE ORGANIZER OF THE CONFERENCE...
00:22:32 Host HOW DO YOU WRITE?
00:22:35 Guest WELL, ALL MY WRITING I DO ON YELLOW LEGAL PADDINGS, AND I FOUND OUT ALL THE DINOSAURS THAT DO THAT?...
00:23:09 Host WHAT KIND OF INSTRUMENT
00:23:12 Guest NO. WAY TO MESSY. I LIKE TO USE A MECHANICAL PENCIL WITH A SOFT LEAD, AND I DON'T LIKE CHEAP LEGAL...
00:23:42 Host AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE TYPE OFS IT UP?
00:23:46 Guest THAT'S RIGHT.
00:23:47 Host DR. GRANDIN IN SCHOOL, WERE YOU IN SPECIAL ED CLASSES? AS A VERY YOUNG KID, I WAS IN A LITTLE PRIVATE...
00:24:50 Host YOU HAVE TALK ABOUT NANNY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS. DID YOUR PARENTS HAVE A LOT OF MONEY?
00:24:56 Guest YES. I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE FAMILY THAT HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THESE THINGS. I HAVE TAKEN THE PRICES...
00:25:50 Host DO YOU THINK THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TODAY ARE DOING ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN.
00:25:57 Guest ALL DEPENDS ON THE SCHOOL. THEY RANGE FROM WONDERFUL TO AWFUL. I TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. I...
00:26:05 Host WHAT ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH? DO YOU THINK THAT ENOUGH MONEY IS BEING INVESTED INTO...
00:26:12 Guest ONE OF THE PLACES I WANT TO SEE MORE MONEY PUT INTO IN AUTISM RESEARCH ARE THE SENSORY SENSITIVITY...
00:27:29 Host WHAT ABOUT DRUG THERAPIES? ANYTIME?5ruP BIG FAN OF POWERFUL DRUGS GIVEN TO LITTLE KIDS. I HAVE A WHOLE...
00:30:13 Host TWO MORE QUESTIONS, CALLERS, AND THEN I PROMISE YOU WILL GET A CHANCE. YOU USED THE TERM ASPERGER'S...
00:30:25 Guest IT'S DEFINED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION AS NO OBVIOUS SPEECH PROBLEM, BASE CLIFF MILD...
00:31:18 Host AND I EITHER READ IN AN INTERVIEW YOU DID OR ONE OF YOUR BOOKS WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MOUNTAINS...
00:31:33 Guest I DO EXPERIENCE PLEASURE ON SOME THINGS. WHEN I'M TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDING NERDS AND WE'RE TALKING...
00:32:55 Host DIANE IN ARKANSAS YOU'RE ON WITH TEMPLE GRAND DIN. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING.
00:32:59 Caller WHAT A JOY. YOU ARE MY HERO. -- GRANDIN?
00:33:06 Host YES, WE'RE LISTENING.
00:33:09 Caller I HAVE A LITTLE BOY IN 1965, HE HAD HYPOTHYROIDISM AND ALSO AUTISTIC. NOW, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING AUTISM...
00:34:29 Guest THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE INFORMATION ON THESE SENSORY SENSITIVITY...
00:34:45 Host NEXT CALL, RICHARDS IN SUN RIVER, OREGON.
00:34:50 Caller TEMPLE, YOU'RE ME HERO, TOO. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON ALL YOUR WORK. I TEACH WHAT WE CALL RESISTANCE...
00:35:19 Guest TRAINING.
00:35:21 Caller MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE -- THERE IS ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAT LITTLE GENE THERE AND WHAT WE...
00:37:23 Host DO YOU STILL RIDE HOURS?
00:37:24 Guest I DON'T. MY BALANCE IS BAD. I HAVE AN AUTOIMMUNE PROBLEM THAT TRASHED MY HEARING, AND MY BALANCE...
00:38:00 Host RIDING WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.
00:38:02 Guest WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, IS WHAT ALL ABOUT HORSES, SHOWING HORSES, GETTING MY HORSE READY FOR SHE SHOW....
00:39:00 Host IN YOUR RESEARCH, DOCTOR, HAS THERE BEEN THE INCIDENT OF TEASING, ASPERGER CHILDREN, DOES THAT AFFECT...
00:39:12 Guest ONCE THEY GET IN A JOB WHERE THEY'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SKILLS, ITS STOPS. I GAVE A TALK OUT A LARGE...
00:39:53 Host IS THERE INCIDENCES OF HIGHER RAIDS OF ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE AMONG AUTISTIC CHILDREN?
00:40:01 Guest NOT NECESSARILY. WHEN YOU GATE PROBLEM LIKE THAT, IT'S DUE TO HIGH ANXIOUS SIT, AND THEY HAVE SOME...
00:40:39 Host HUGH IN VIRGINIA, YOU'RE ON.
00:40:41 Caller GOOD MORNING. THIS IS A DELIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWLEDGE I HAVE HAD OF TEMPLE GRANDIN AND GOD...
00:42:35 Host ALL RIGHT, HUGH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:42:38 Guest I'M GETTING SOME ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE, LIKE A TRAP DOOR IN MY HEAD. ENUP YOUR MIND,...
00:43:44 Host HOW MUCH SPEECHES A YEAR TOO DO YOU GIVE.
00:43:47 Guest I GIVE ENTER VIEWS, AND IN FEBRUARY HBO IS HAVING A MOVIE ABOUT ME STARRING CLAIRE DANES. I HAD TO...
00:44:03 Host ARE YOU YOU TEACHING THIS SEMESTER?
00:44:06 Guest I HAVE A SHORT COURSE I TEACH ON TUESDAYS ON LIVESTOCK HANDLING AND CATTLE BEHAVIOR. I HAVE ALREADY...
00:45:30 Host DO YOU FOLLOW POLITICS?
00:45:31 Guest YEAH, I FOLLOW IT QUITE A BIT. I'M APPALLED JUST HOW ABSTRACT AND DIVORCED FROM REALITY IT'S BECOME....
00:46:07 Host AND OUR NEXT CALL FOR DR. GRANDIN IS FROM WINSTON-SALEM.
00:46:15 Caller I REALLY ADMIRE WHAT YOU DO, AND I ADMIRE C-SPAN FOR DEVOTING THREE HOURS THOUGH TOPIC. MY SIMPLE...
00:47:47 Host DO YOU HAVE PETS?
00:47:50 Guest I CAN'T. I AM TRAVELING ALL THE TIME GIVE. HOME TONIGHT, AND THEN I HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND AFTER...
00:48:11 Host DO YOU GET REASK NATIONED IN AIRPORTS?
00:48:13 Guest YEAH, DIE LOTS OF TIME SO I HAVE TO DRESS BETTER.
00:48:19 Host ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT AND PEOPLE WRITTEN ABOUT YOU, YOU HAVE DEVELOPED A SENSE...
00:48:29 Guest THE FIRST TALK I DID, I PANICKED AND WALKED OUT. WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING MY POUR POINT TALKS, I...
00:49:14 Host CINDY IN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU'RE ON WITH TEMPLE GRANDIN. THIS IS BOOK TV.
00:49:20 Caller THANK YOU. HI, DR. GRANDIN. I SAW YOU ON TV THE FIRST TIME YOU WERE ON TELEVISION, AND YOU ARE NOW...
00:49:45 Guest I NEVER ACTUALLY SLEPT IN THE MACHINE. I JUST GET IN THERE TO CALM MYSELF DOWN. GETTING BACK TO NOT...
00:50:31 Host WHAT IS THE HUG MACHINE?
00:50:33 Guest WHEN I GOT PUBERTY I HAD PANIC ATTACKS AND I WAS DESPERATE FOR RELIEF. I WAS AT MY AUNTS RANCH AND...
00:51:10 Host DO YOU STILL USE A HUG MACHINE?
00:51:12 Guest WELL, IT BROKE AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO FIXING IT, AND IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT IT, IT'S...
00:51:31 Host WE HAVE THEM ON THE SCREEN. TOUGH A PATTERN ON THAT?
00:51:34 Guest NO, I DON'T. I INVENTED IT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
00:51:40 Host NEXT CALL IS JANE IN PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. JANE, GO AHEAD, PLACE.
00:51:45 Caller YES. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. TEMPLE, I HAVE NOT READ ALL YOUR BOOKS BUT I HAVE READ ADOLESCENTS...
00:53:47 Guest A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS, YOU GET PEOPLE LOADED UP ON TOO MANY OF THE WRONG DRUGS AND THEY TURN INTO...
00:55:12 Host WHO IS AN BRICINE? HE WAS MY STEPFATHERS SISTER. SHE BROUGHT A RANCH INTO THE FAMILY. I WAS AFRAID...
00:56:00 Host SPEAKING OF THE HBO MOVIE, WHAT WAS YOUR INVOLVEMENT OR YOUR COMFORT LEVEL IF THEY TOOK THEATRIC CAL...
00:56:08 Guest I REALIZED THEY HAD TO THIS IS ONE THING I LEARNED IN BOOKS. I LEARNED FROM MY EDITOR. WHEN I DID...
00:57:42 Host I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING RATHER IMPOLITIC. A LOT OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN AND OR ADULTS CANNOT LIVE...
00:57:53 Guest YES.
00:57:54 Host FULLY.
00:57:59 Guest YES, I DO. AUTISM IS VERY BROAD SPECTRUM. THERE ARE SOME KIDS WISCONSIN WISCONSIN -- WITH ENHIS SI,...
01:00:16 Host NEXT CALL, KAREN IN GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. YOU'RE ON.
01:00:19 Caller YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
01:00:23 Host MESS GO AHEAD.
01:00:24 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A SON WHO IS EIGHT YEARS OLD, NAMED JACK, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE AGE OF TWO WITH AUTISM. ...
01:00:58 Guest KIDS THAT ARE -- ONE ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO LEARN IS THESE SCRIPTSES MEAN SOMETHING. THEY DON'T KNOW...
01:02:42 Host YOU TALK ABOUT OVER AND UNDER AND THINKING IN PICTURES AND HOW YOU ASSOCIATE THAT. HOW DO YOU ASSOCIATE...
01:02:53 Guest I HAVE TO ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TAKE BATH TOY AIRPLANE. I'M SEEING, OKAY, I HAVE...
01:03:46 Host WHEN IT COMES TO LEFT AND RIGHT, I REMEMBER AN INTERCEPTION WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
01:03:53 Guest THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VISUAL THINKERS. I HAD PROBLEMS LEARNING LEFT AND RIGHTEN IN I...
01:04:12 Host DO YOU AUTISTIC OR ASPERGER CHILDREN RECOGNIZE YOU AS SOMEBODY THEY CAN RELATE TO?
01:04:18 Guest A LOT OF THEM DO. YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO -- ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE HIGH END OF THE SPECTRUM,...
01:05:07 Host NEXT CALL FROM
01:05:08 Caller HELLO. I TRAINED DOGS FOR 20 YEARS DOING -- GIVING THEM A PURPOSE TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THEIR FEARS...
01:05:38 Guest HELLO?
01:05:39 Host ANY RESPONSE FOR THAT CALLER?
01:05:40 Guest OH. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE HE HAD GONE OFF THE AIR. WELL, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT MY INFORMATION...
01:06:25 Guest A LITTLE RAPID MOVEMENT. IF SOMEBODY IS FANNING THEMSELVES LIKE THIS IN FRONT OF ME IN THE FRONT ROW,...
01:06:37 Host WHEN YOU GET IN A SPACE OR AREA THAT IS UNCOMFORTABLE, WHAT DO YOU DO?
01:06:46 Guest GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.
01:06:47 Host IF I WAS OVER HERE AND NOT LOOKING AT YOU --
01:06:50 Guest I WOULD ASK YOU TO STOP DOING IT.
01:06:53 Host NEXT CALL, BEN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
01:06:54 Guest THE OTHER THING I FIND VERY DIFFICULT. IF IF -- IF I HAD TO DO THE INTERVIEW FACING THE CONTROL ROOM....
01:07:11 Host THAT IS DISTRACTIONING.
01:07:13 Guest THE FACT THE CONTROL ROOM IS OFF THOUGH SIDE DOESN'T BOTHER ME. I HAVE BEEN STUCK IN STUDIOS WHERE...
01:08:12 Caller I'M ENJOYING YOUR TALKS. SHE MENTIONED HOW HER TEENAGE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS WERE THE WORST. AS A DAUGHTER...
01:09:32 Guest MOST OF THE PROBLEMS, THE HERE STORIES WITH PROZAC OR OTHER ANTIDEPRESSANTS IS OVERDOSING. TOO MUCH...
01:10:39 Host SHAKE.
01:10:40 Guest THE PROBLEM WITH THE ANTIDEPRESSANT IS IF YOU OVERDOSE SOMEONE, OFTEN TIMES THE DOSEES RECOMMENDED...
01:11:03 Host HERE'S SOME E-MAILS. HOW CAN WE HELP A NONVERBAL CHILD DEAL WITH THE FRUSTRATED RELATED TO LIMITED...
01:11:16 Guest GET HIM AWAY -- GET HIM AWAY -- THE PICTURE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, YOU CAN JUST MAKE A THINK -- THING OUT...
01:12:14 Guest I TALKED TO A LOT OF FAMILIES, AND LET ME TELL YOU SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE BOOK...
01:13:25 Host WHY ARE YOU NOT MENTIONING YOUR BOOK, DEVELOPING TALENTS AND ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO WORK WITH THEIR...
01:13:36 Guest WELL, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONING IT MORE BUT WE TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS. OF I WANT TO SPEND TIME...
01:15:12 Host AM I A WORD THINKER?
01:15:13 Guest I HAVEN'T QUIZZED YOU ON YOUR THINKING STYLE. WHEN WE DOC ABOUT CHURCH STEEPLES, HOW DOES IT COME...
01:15:23 Host CHILDHOOD CHURCH.
01:15:24 Guest THAT'S A SETUP. PERSON THAT TENS TO BE MORE VISUAL WILL SEE MORE SPECIFIC CHURCH STEEPLES. A WORLD...
01:15:42 Host ZINA, CALIFORNIA.
01:15:43 Caller OKAY. I'M ON THE RIGHT.
01:15:47 Host WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION,
01:15:48 Caller OKAY. SORRY. I JUST WASN'T SURE. THERE'S A LOT OF CALLERS. MY QUESTION WAS, IF THAT YOU DIDN'T ...
01:16:11 Host WILLIAM, HOW OLD HOW AND WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC?
01:16:14 Caller TEN, AND I'M INTERESTED IN IT BECAUSE I AM WATCHING IN THE MORNING AND IMALL-LY IN CHURCH THAT MORNING....
01:16:30 Host ALL RIGHT. DR. GRANDIN, ANY ANSWER FOR WILLIAM?
01:16:35 Guest WELL, JUST THE GRAY MATTER OF THE BRAIN IS JUST MADE THAT WAY. LEAVE IT AT THAT.
01:16:42 Host YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CEREBELLUM BEING 20% SMALLER THAN NORMAL. HOWL DOWEL KNOW THAT?
01:16:51 Guest I WAS BRAIN-SEASONED -- BRAIN-SCANNED YEARS AGO. THEY FOUND OUT THERE'S A GIGANTIC INTERNET TABLE...
01:17:09 Host SO YOU HAVE A BROADBAND CABLE.
01:17:11 Guest IT GOES FROM THE FRONT TALL CORTEX BACK TO THE PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX, FAT, AND THAT BIG ROLLED, AND...
01:17:38 Host DO YOU DO ANY WORK WITH THE NIH.
01:17:42 Guest I KNOW PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH GRANTS FROM NIH. THEY NEED TO BE WORKING ON THE SENSORY ISSUES. THERE'S...
01:18:09 Host WHAT KIND OF SITUATIONS DO YOU AVOID? I DON'T LIKE NOISY RESTAURANTS, BUT IF I HAVE TO EAT IN ONE...
01:18:25 Host GLORIA IN CONNECTICUT
01:18:26 Caller HELLO. I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU. IN 1986 YOU WERE IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, AND MY SON ATTENDED...
01:18:54 Guest WELL, THANK YOU.
01:18:56 Caller MY SON, HE CANNOT -- HE SAYS WORDS AND SOMETIMES WHOLE SENTENCES, BUT HE CAN'T REALLY CARRY ON A CONVERSATION....
01:19:11 Guest AUTISTIC PERSON ALWAYS KEEPS IMPROVING. IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE MORE EXPERIENCES I HAD AND THE MORE...
01:20:07 Host ANOTHER E-MAIL FOR YOU. THIS IS FROM A SECONDARY TEACHER WHO HAS TAUGHT MILD, MODERATE, REGULAR AND...
01:20:30 Guest THE WON'T THING IS CLEAR DIRECTS. CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS EXPECTED. NO LONG STRINGS OF VERBAL...
01:21:22 Host WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MAINSTREAMING.
01:21:24 Guest FOR LITTLE KIDS I WANT TO MAINSTREAM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YOU HAVE TO BE REASONABLE. MUCH BIGGER PROPONENT...
01:22:30 Host WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF CALLER, PERK STORIES AND ANGUISH. DO YOU HEAR THAT SAME ANGUISH? DO YOU HAVE...
01:22:39 Guest VERY DEFINITELY. SOME PEOPLE THERE, IF WE HAD BEEN IN -- I WOULD HAVE TALKED TO THEM FOR HALF HOUR,...
01:23:22 Host TOUGH A DO YOU HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
01:23:24 Guest I HAVE ONE FOR PEOPLE I'M INTERESTED IN. THE AUSTRALIANS WERE MAKING A SECRET CATTLE HANDLING SIMPLE....
01:23:48 Host ONE CALLER SAID YOU SPOKE IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA IN 1986. DID THAT BRING BECOME A VISUAL MEMORY....
01:23:58 Guest UNFARM I HAVE DONE SO MANY CONFERENCES THAT FILE GETS OVERWRITTEN, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE MEETINGS...
01:24:35 Host NEXT CALL FOR TEMPLE GRANDIN, BOB IN NORTH CAROLINA.
01:24:41 Caller YES, I WAS WONDERING JUST PURELY WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE, LIKE WHEN THEY'RE SHOWING A LONG SHOT OF...
01:25:05 Guest NO. THAT'S JUST THEY WILL WAY THE STUDIO IS SET UP.
01:25:10 Host WE MADE NO CHANGES IN THE STUDIO. WHAT IS DECEIVING ABOUT THE SHOT.
01:25:14 Guest I'M LOOKING AT THE MONITOR NOW.
01:25:17 Host WE LOOK -- WE ARE CLOSER THAN IT APPEARS.
01:25:22 Guest YEAH. I CAN TOUCH YOU FOOT.
01:25:25 Host EXACTLY. KATHERINE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
01:25:31 Caller HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE HEARING ALL THE NEWS AND INFORMATION. I HAVE...
01:26:24 Host KATHERINE, KATHERINE, IF YOU COULD HOLD ON, PLEASE.
01:26:28 Guest LET ME ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION. ONE THING I FOUND ON THEN SENSORY ISSUES, NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE A...
01:27:19 Host KATHERINE, SECOND QUESTION.
01:27:20 Caller THANK YOU. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WE -- SOCIETY LIVES IN QUIETER ENVIRONMENTS, FARMS, RURAL AREAS...
01:28:05 Guest I DOUBT SERIOUSLY. AUTISM HAS A VERY STRONG GENETIC BASIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS TALKED ABOUT,...
01:29:31 Host WITH THE NEW REGULATION? ABOUT NEW --
01:29:33 Guest YEAH. YEAH. THE PROBLEM IS WITH FLUORESCENT LIGHTING, IF IT'S A 60 SECOND CYCLE, THEY CAN SEE FLICKER....
01:31:40 Guest AUTISM BOOKS, BUT IT TOOK ME QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO TROLL THROUGH THE DATABASE LIKE LOOKING THROUGH...
01:32:06 Host WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE. WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE BOOKS THAT TEMPLE GRANDIN...
01:33:34 Host DRIVING AND MULTITASKING, DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH IT?
01:33:38 Guest THE SECRET TO DRIVING IS MULTITASKING ONLY WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING. WHEN YOU ARE LEARNING TO DRIVE, ...
01:34:56 Unidentified Speaker HOW ARE YOU?
01:35:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I.
01:35:10 Unidentified Speaker BOTH OF THESE TWO EMMA.
01:35:13 Unidentified Speaker HI, HOW ARE YOU?
01:35:23 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:35:24 Unidentified Speaker I LOVE YOUR BOOKS. I HAVE WRITTEN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE WRITTEN.
01:35:30 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE AUTISTIC.
01:35:42 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. THANK YOU.
01:35:46 Unidentified Speaker THANKS.
01:35:49 Unidentified Speaker A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. BOTH ON THE AUTISTIC AND ANIMAL PERSPECTIVE. I AM A SPECIAL ED TEACHER. THANK...
01:36:12 Unidentified Speaker AND THAT ONE AS WELL.
01:36:18 Unidentified Speaker OH GOOD, YOU GOT MY CAREER BOOK.
01:36:25 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS HE INTERESTED IN?
01:36:29 Unidentified Speaker IS INTERESTED IN ART, AND HE IS AN AMAZING SKATEBOARDER, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. HE IS VERY PHYSICAL....
01:36:35 Unidentified Speaker YOU NEED TO FIND SOMETHING HE'S GOOD AT THAT HE CAN TURN INTO A CAREER. ONE THING THAT HE WILL LEARN...
01:37:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:37:26 Unidentified Speaker IT IS AN HONOR. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS THAT ARE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS HERE.
01:37:39 Unidentified Speaker WONDERFUL.
01:37:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
01:37:53 Unidentified Speaker DR. GRANDIN, THE REASON FOR AUTISM EVER BEEN DISCOVERED?
01:37:56 Guest AUTISM HAS A VERY BIG GENETIC, GENETIC IS A VERY BIG PART OF IT. THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT...
01:38:33 Unidentified Speaker WE JUST HEARD YOU TALKING AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
01:38:39 Unidentified Speaker THANKS.
01:38:41 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS ONE WHO IS 14 WHO WAS DIAGNOSED AT AGE FOUR, AND HE IS
01:38:48 Unidentified Speaker HOW IS HE DOING?
01:38:51 Unidentified Speaker GOOD.
01:38:52 Unidentified Speaker HE ATTENDS THE NUMBER ONE HIGH SCHOOL ANIMATION, STRAIGHT A'S.
01:38:56 Unidentified Speaker YOU NEED TO GET THIS BOOK HERE ON CAREERS.
01:39:11 Unidentified Speaker TO HER QUICKLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
01:39:17 Unidentified Speaker I AM DOING THE GEOGRAPHY, IT'S NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. AND I'M GOING TO BE DOING THIS AND REPRESENTING...
01:39:26 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. THE OTHER THING YOU NEED TO BE DOING AT AGE 14 AND START GETTING SOME...
01:39:46 Unidentified Speaker WHAT KIND OF THINGS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR A KID WHO IS ACADEMICALLY GIFTED.
01:39:52 Unidentified Speaker GET INVOLVED IN SPECIALIZED ACTIVITIES. YOU HAVE TO GET SOCIAL INTERACTION TO A SHARED INTEREST FOR...
01:40:00 Unidentified Speaker HISTORY.
01:40:01 Unidentified Speaker YOU LIKE HISTORY. LET'S THINK ABOUT THE KIND OF THINGS YOU COULD DO. THERE'S NOT THAT MANY JOBS EXCEPT...
01:40:21 Unidentified Speaker NOVELS.
01:40:24 Unidentified Speaker MAYBE YOU CAN BE A NOVELIST.
01:40:27 Unidentified Speaker ENJOYABLE.
01:40:29 Unidentified Speaker GET INVOLVED IN BOOK CLUBS. GET INVOLVED IN A BOOK CLUB. YOU'RE HERE AT THE BOOK FESTIVAL, YOU SHOULD...
01:40:57 Unidentified Speaker LUCKILY HIS COOL, NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY, IS FULL OF NERDS.
01:41:03 Unidentified Speaker OFF COURSE. I'M SO GLAD THAT HE'S AT THAT SCHOOL. I'VE SEEN TOO MANY KIDS LIKE YOU GETTING TORTURED,...
01:41:23 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE WONDERFUL.
01:41:28 Unidentified Speaker I HAD A TERRIBLE TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS THE WORST PART OF MY LIFE.
01:41:35 Unidentified Speaker LUCKILY THIS IS A SCHOOL FULL OF HIGHLY GIFTED KIDS WHO ARE PROBABLY ALL OVER THE SPECTRUM. BUT HIGH...
01:43:33 Host DOCTOR TEMPLE GRANDIN, WHAT IS IT ABOUT NOW GLADWELL THAT YOU LIKE?
01:43:38 Guest I LIKED HIS BOOK THE TIPPING POINT BECAUSE WHEN I WORKED WITH MCDONALMCDONALD'S ON HAPPENING PRODUCTS...
01:45:18 Host AS A VISUAL PERSON HOW DO YOU APPROACH READING A BOOK.
01:45:21 Guest I SEE PICTURES. YOU KNOW, RED WATER FOR ELEPHANTS AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL FUN BOOK...
01:45:51 Host WHAT ABOUT THEM NOW GLADWELL, HOW DO YOU MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THAT?
01:45:55 Guest HE HAS LITTLE VIGNETTES IN THE. ONE ABOUT HUSH PUPPY SHOES AND I SAW THE SHOES AND STUPID AD WAS ...
01:46:07 Host WE ARE BACK LIVE WITH TEMPLE GRANDIN. THIS IS BOOK TEPEES MONTHLY PROGRAM IN DEPTH. TWO '02 IS THE...
01:46:52 Guest WELL, ONE THING THAT IS SIMILAR IS THIS TYPE OF ALZHEIMER'S WHERE THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL BEATS OUT THE...
01:47:34 Unidentified Speaker MIKE IN BLOOMINGTON MINNESOTA. YOU ARE ON WITH DOCTOR TEMPLE GRANDIN.
01:47:38 Caller THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO, DR. GRANDIN. I AM CURIOUS. I SEE INTERACTING WITH PUBLIC. WE...
01:48:16 Guest I ALWAYS NEED A LITTLE TIME OF TIME TO DECOMPRESS. THERE'S OTHER KINDS OF MORE POSITIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS...
01:48:53 Host WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU WHAT WAS I READING? I WAS TRYING TO READ "THE NEW YORK TIMES."...
01:50:32 Host HOW OFTEN DO YOU WRITE AND DO YOU WRITE A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY?
01:50:37 Guest I LIKE TO WRITE EARLY IN THE MORNING. MY MOST MEISTERS WRITING I DO IN THE MORNING. I DON'T DO IT...
01:50:47 Host NEXT CALL FOR TEMPLE
01:50:52 Caller HI. DOCTOR, I AM FAMILIAR WITH YOUR AND HAD HE CAME TO THAT DIAGNOSES OF RECOGNIZING WHEN COWS DISPLACE...
01:51:20 Guest FIRST OF ALL, I CANNOT FUNCTION ON VEGAN DIET. I HAVE TRIED TO. I HAVE TERRIBLE YEAST INFECTIONS,...
01:53:16 Host WHAT DOG IS ON THE COVER OF ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN?
01:53:20 Guest THAT WAS A DOG, A PICTURE THAT THE PUBLISHER FOUND.
01:53:25 Host NEXT CALL, MARY IN GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA.
01:53:26 Caller THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I HAVE FIRST TO COMMENT AND THEY QUESTIONED. MY COMMENT IS ABOUT THE...
01:54:10 Guest I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR PLACE. I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PARENT SUPPORT...
01:54:36 Host NEXT CALL FOR DOCTOR GRANDIN COMES FROM STEVE IN L.A.
01:54:42 Caller I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU COULD SPEAK MORE AS TO WHY YOU BELIEVE THAT GENETICS IS SO MUCH A PART OF ALL...
01:55:03 Guest I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE ON GENETICS. LET'S GO BACK ON THE ORIGINAL STUDIES...
01:56:34 Host WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TESTING FOR AUTISM IN VITRO?
01:56:37 Guest WELL, IF YOU GOT RID OF ALL OF THE AUTISTIC GENETICS, YOU SIMPLY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY SCIENTIST, ANY...
01:57:31 Host AND OTHER TWEET COME IN TO YOU. WHAT IS KNOWN WITH PEOPLE WITH ASPERGER TO HAVE CHILDREN? HOW MIGHT...
01:57:42 Guest ONE THING I OBSERVED UNFORTUNATE IS IF YOU TAKE MAY BE HIGH FUNCTION AUTISTIC AND ASPERGER'S AND YOU...
01:58:40 Host WHAT YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER TO?
01:58:42 Guest MY BROTHER WORKS FOR A BANK AND HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IS A VERY, VERY HONEST, GOOD PERSON....
01:59:02 Host SOUNDS LIKE AN OVERACHIEVING FAMILY.
01:59:05 Guest WELL, EVERYBODY, MY BROTHER REALLY WORKS HARD, HAS A LONG TWO HOUR COMMUTE EACH DAY ON THE TRAIN WHICH...
01:59:14 Host DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR IQ IS?
01:59:16 Guest WHEN I WAS TESTED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT WAS 138 AND I DID MY BEST TEST AND THE OBJECT IS SILLY,...
01:59:39 Host GENIUS TYPICALLY START AT 135, 140?
01:59:43 Guest WELL, THESE IQ THINGS ARE PRETTY FAKE. I MEAN, I THINK YOU CAN JUST SAY, ONE THING YOU HAVE TO LOOK...
02:01:14 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THERE IS SOME SYMPTOMS OF DYSLEXIA THAT ARE RELATED. YOU KNOW, THE THING I FOUND IN LOOKING...
02:02:55 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MENTAL INSTITUTIONS OR GROUP HOMES FOR SEVERELY AUTISTIC CHILDREN?
02:03:02 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I'D LIKE TO TRY TO WORK ON LITTLE CHILDREN, MAINSTREAM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT FOR ADULTS,...
02:03:37 Unidentified Speaker ARE THERE CERTAIN STATES THAT DO BETTER THAN OTHERS IN YOUR VIEW?
02:03:41 Unidentified Speaker YES, THERE ARE AND THEN THERE'S STATES WHERE IT'S REAL SPOTTY. CALIFORNIA IS REAL SPOTTY. IT RANGES...
02:04:30 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER TWEET FOR YOU, DR. GRAND JUSTIN. -- GRANDIN. WHAT GOES INSIDE THE HEAD OF A KID WITH SEVERE...
02:04:48 Unidentified Speaker YOU NEED TO READ BOOKS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SEVERE AUTISM. DONNA WILLIAMS, SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE...
02:07:19 Unidentified Speaker NEXT CALL, PAM IN BOZEMAN, MONTANA. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. PAM, ARE YOU WITH US. WHOOPS,...
02:07:37 Caller I'M A 57-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ALL THROUGH MY LIFE HAS BEEN MISDIAGNOSED WITH A PROBLEM. AS A CHILD I INSTANTLY...
02:08:51 Unidentified Speaker PAM, TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION.
02:08:55 Unidentified Speaker HE HAS DYSLEXIA BUT HE SAID POSSIBLY I HAD A HIGH FUNCTIONING ASPERGER'S SYNDROME SO I'VE NOT BEEN...
02:09:25 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAIN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH A SUPPORT GROUP IN YOUR AREA. IF THERE'S ANY WAY...
02:10:00 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER EMAIL. THIS IS FROM SANDY. SHE HAS A HIMALAYAN CAT, 14 YEARS OLD AND SHE SAYS I HAVE THE...
02:10:16 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CAT. AND IN SOLVING ANY ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROBLEM AND I TALK A...
02:11:23 Unidentified Speaker HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND AROUND ANIMALS?
02:11:26 Unidentified Speaker I SPEND A LOT OF TIME. WHEN I GET BACK HOME TOMORROW I'VE GOT TO DO THIS AUDITOR TRAINING THING TOMORROW....
02:12:40 Unidentified Speaker HAS THE COMPUTER ERA BEEN GOOD FOR AUTISM AND ASPERGER CHILDREN?
02:12:44 Unidentified Speaker ONE THING GETTING -- GETTING ONLINE AND MEETING OTHER PEOPLE, THAT PART HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD....
02:13:47 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU HAVE TO FORCE YOURSELF SOMETIMES TO SOCIALIZE?
02:13:50 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. I GET TIRED. I GET VERY TIRED OF JUST SOCIAL CHITCHAT. YOU KNOW, ANALYSTS TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER...
02:14:30 Unidentified Speaker NEXT CALL FOR TEMPLE GRANDIN, CHRISTINE, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.
02:14:32 Caller HELLO, THIS IS CHRISTINE AND I'M JUST ENJOYING YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING FUN....
02:14:40 Unidentified Speaker YES.
02:14:41 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE LISTENING, CHRISTINE. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
02:14:47 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE FOUND IT INCREDIBLY THERAPEUTIC FOR MY KIND OF BRAIN THAT I HAVE AND I'M AN ARTIST AND EVERYTHING...
02:15:40 Unidentified Speaker WELL, BIRDS HAVE A HARDWIRED VERY CHOREOGRAPHED MATING RITUALS. YOU KNOW, THE MALE WILL FLUFF UP ...
02:16:07 Unidentified Speaker WHO IS B.F. SKINNER AND WHAT'S YOUR CONNECTION TO HIM.
02:16:12 Unidentified Speaker WELL, B.F. SKINNER IS THE FATHER OF BEHAVIORISM AND I TALKED ABOUT HIM IN ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION. ...
02:17:13 Unidentified Speaker SO B.F. SKINNER RESEARCH GOES BACK 40 YEARS. HOW MUCH OF IT IS STILL VALID TODAY?
02:17:19 Unidentified Speaker WELL, A LOT OF IT IS STILL VALID IF YOU CLICK OR TRAIN YOUR DOG IN "ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION" THAT'S...
02:18:29 Unidentified Speaker SARAH IN QUEENS, NEW YORK, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
02:18:31 Caller HI. I'M ENJOYING LISTENING TO YOU. MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU -- IS IT -- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT...
02:19:07 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S NO BRAIN SCAN OR MEDICAL TEST TO DIAGNOSE ASPERGER'S. IT'S ALSO A BEHAVIORAL PROFILE ON THE...
02:20:24 Unidentified Speaker HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN CAPITOL HILL?
02:20:28 Unidentified Speaker I'LL BE PERFECTLY HONEST. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE SO COMPLICATED I DON'T...
02:21:26 Unidentified Speaker I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU TOLD THAT LAST CALLER TO KEEP IT OFF HER INSURANCE.
02:21:30 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAD A GUY COME UP TO ME. HE WAS A COLONEL IN THE NATIONAL...
02:22:06 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS?
02:22:09 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT -- CERTAIN THINGS I'D PROBABLY BE...
02:22:36 Unidentified Speaker TOM IN MINNESOTA. YOU'RE ON WITH TEMPLE GRANDIN.
02:22:40 Unidentified Speaker IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO TALK TO YOU. I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY RESEARCH THAT CORRELATES...
02:23:02 Unidentified Speaker YOU'VE GOT AUTISM AND ASPERGER'S AND SOMETHING ELSE. IT IS COMMON IN AUTISM AND ASPERGER TO HAVE SOME...
02:23:32 Unidentified Speaker DOCTOR, YOU'VE PARTIALLY ANSWERED THIS QUESTION BUT I WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT...
02:24:02 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IT'Swu A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE AND IF YOU COULD PREVENT SOME OF THAT MOST SEVERE FORM, THAT...
02:25:29 Unidentified Speaker AN EMAIL FOR YOU FROM STACY LEE. COULD YOU PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEBATE OVER EUTHANASIA METHODS...
02:25:41 Unidentified Speaker WELL, OF COURSE, THE GUIDELINES RECOMMEND OVERDOSE OF ANESTHETIC AS THE GOLD STANDARD METHOD OF EUTHANASIA...
02:26:15 Unidentified Speaker JENNY FROM BALTIMORE EMAILS IN. SHE HAS A 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WITH AUTISM. WE ARE THINKING OF USING...
02:26:29 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY OR AVA, OR FLOOR TIME. EVERY EXPERT WILL AGREE WITH YOUNG AUTISTIC KIDS,...
02:27:39 Unidentified Speaker YOU USED THE PHRASE I WAS ALLOWED TO ACT AUTISTIC FOR A DAY?
02:27:42 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DID I DO. THERE WASN'T VIDEO GAMES. . THERE WAS A BRASS ON THE BEDPOST AND I SPUN THIS THING...
02:28:01 Unidentified Speaker COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT BEHAVIOR TODAY? I MEAN, IF NOBODY WANTED YOUR ATTENTION RIGHT NOW AND YOU...
02:28:11 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO SPITTING BUT I DO HAVE SOME DOODLING THINGS AND I'LL TAKE...
02:28:28 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. CARLA, ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. YOU'RE ON WITH TEMPLE GRANDIN
02:28:34 CALLER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY CALL AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE. ...
02:29:32 Unidentified Speaker CARLA, THANK YOU.
02:29:33 Unidentified Speaker I'LL START WITH THE READING COMPREHENSION. FIRST OF ALL, START WITH REAL CONCRETE THINGS. OKAY, IF...
02:30:22 Unidentified Speaker HER SECOND QUESTION.
02:30:23 Unidentified Speaker THE SECOND QUESTION ABOUT GOD. I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT THAT AND I'D RECOMMEND THAT YOU...
02:30:35 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER CARLA, THIS ONE FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON, PLEASE GO AHEAD
02:30:38 CALLER A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU. I RECENTLY SAW A PROGRAM ABOUT AUTISTIC PEOPLE IN SCANDINAVIA WHERE THEY...
02:31:37 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED -- SOMETHING, SOMETHING CISTERN WHERE PEOPLE WITH ASPERGER'S ARE DOING...
02:32:51 Unidentified Speaker DR. GRANDIN, KIDS WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM OR ASPERGER'S, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE PARENTS...
02:33:10 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK IT DEPENDS HOW SEVERE THE PERSON IS. YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S A SMART ASPERGER THEY CAN...
02:34:27 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE LOOKING TO THIS HBO MOVIE. IT COMES OUT IN FEBRUARY?
02:34:32 Unidentified Speaker FEBRUARY.
02:34:33 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE WRITTEN IF YOU COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR AUTISM TO BE REMOVED FROM...
02:34:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I LIKE THE PRECISE THINKING THAT I HAVE. YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT ALL THE POLITICAL STUFF. THEY...
02:35:43 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER TWEET HAS COME IN FOR YOU. HAVE YOU FOUND A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE HUMOR OF NEUROTYPICALS?...
02:35:56 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK IT'S FUNNY TO WATCH THESE PROGRAMS WHERE THEY DO SATIRES ON CERTAIN FAMOUS PEOPLE. I...
02:37:00 Unidentified Speaker "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"?
02:37:04 Unidentified Speaker "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" I LIKE. THE ONLY REASON I STOPPED WATCHING IT, IT COMES ON TOO LATE FOR ME. ...
02:37:11 Unidentified Speaker CAITLIN, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
02:37:15 CALLER YES, HELLO. I HAVE ASPERGER'S SYNDROME AND I WORK DOING SENSORY INTEGRATION WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM....
02:37:36 Unidentified Speaker WELL, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO GET A PROFESSOR THAT'S REALLY, REALLY INTERESTED IN WORKING...
02:38:32 Unidentified Speaker DID YOU LEARN THAT THE HARD WAY?
02:38:37 Unidentified Speaker WELL, YES, I HAD SOME VERY BAD THINGS WHERE -- IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'D...
02:39:33 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS AFFAIRS, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFICULT INCOME STREAMS?...
02:39:38 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT TO DO ALL THAT. I HAVE A PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT DO IT BUT...
02:39:59 Unidentified Speaker BRANDI IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. GO AHEAD.
02:40:03 Caller GOOD MORNING. . HOW ARE YOU.
02:40:06 Unidentified Speaker FINE.
02:40:07 Caller I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. I PREVIOUSLY IN MY LIFE SINCE I'VE BEEN VERY YOUNG HAVE...
02:41:14 Unidentified Speaker 'CAUSE HE KNEW HE'D FALL OFF IF HE DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION.
02:41:23 Unidentified Speaker IT OVERRODE HIS BEHAVIOR AS SOON AS THAT FEAR FACTOR CAME INTO HIS ENVIRONMENT.
02:41:26 Unidentified Speaker WELL, HE DIDN'T WANT TO FALL OFF THE HORSE. THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM IN AUTISM WITH DISTRACTIBILITY...
02:42:17 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER TWEET. WHAT DOES DR. GRANDIN THINK ABOUT THE ROLE OF MIRROR NEURONS AND EMPATHY AS RELATED...
02:42:27 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THING MIRROR NEURONS EXPLAIN A LOT OF BEHAVIOR. THERE'S BEEN TONS OF RESEARCH AND FIND A ZILLION...
02:43:02 Unidentified Speaker KATHLEEN IN LAWRENCE, NEW JERSEY. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. OR LAURENCE HARBOR, NEW JERSEY. GO AHEAD,...
02:43:10 CALLER LAURENCE HARBOR, NEW JERSEY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. GRANDIN. YOU'VE USED THE PHRASE A FEW TIMES...
02:44:00 Unidentified Speaker WELL, HE NO LONGER HAD ANYTHING TO GO ON TO. THE THING ABOUT FINDING A BACK DOOR TO GET INTO THESE...
02:46:04 Unidentified Speaker NEXT CALL, ANGELA IN RIGBY, IDAHO. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
02:46:08 Unidentified Speaker YES, I HAVE A SON WHO IS 6 AND HE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM. HE DOES REALLY VERY WELL ACADEMICALLY....
02:46:42 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF BOOKS OUT THERE ON SOCIAL. I'VE GOT A BOOK ON UNWRITTEN SOCIAL RULES. TONY...
02:47:43 Unidentified Speaker DR. GRANDIN, YOU TALK ABOUT LEARNING BEHAVIOR LIKE WHEN YOU REFER TO DRIVING IS NOW A LEARNED BEHAVIOR...
02:47:51 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS UNLEARNED BEHAVIOR.
02:47:54 Unidentified Speaker AUTOMATIC. IS THAT THE SAME THING WITH THE --
02:47:57 Unidentified Speaker SAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU. I MEAN, THAT WAS DRILLED INTO ME LIKE MOTHER WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU DIDN'T...
02:48:12 Unidentified Speaker HERE'S AN EMAIL ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'VE WRITTEN ABOUT IN YOUR BOOK. CAN YOU ASK TEMPLE GRANDIN TO ...
02:48:24 Unidentified Speaker I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN IMPROVING KOSHER SLAUGHTER. KOSHER SLAUGHTER IS BASICALLY SLAUGHTER WITH...
02:49:33 Unidentified Speaker DELL FROM FLORIDA, THE GOVERNMENT IS ADVOCATING MEATLESS MONDAYS IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE ANIMALS EMIT METHANE....
02:49:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IF METHANE COMES FROM OTHER SOURCES, TOO. RICE PATTIES EMIT A LOT OF METHANE, LANDFILLS EMIT...
02:50:01 Unidentified Speaker MANY DOCTORS ADVOCATE GOING TO A VEGAN LIFESTYLE AS THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT HEART DISEASE AND CANCER....
02:50:08 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING OF COMBATING CANCER IS EATING LOTS OF VEGGIES. PEOPLE THAT TEND...
02:51:13 Unidentified Speaker JOYCE IN WARREN, MICHIGAN, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT WITH OUR GUEST ON "IN DEPTH." SO PLEASE GO AHEAD....
02:51:17 CALLER I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU ON TV. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE. I'M 60 YEARS OLD. MY SON-IN-LAW IS VERY HIGH...
02:51:50 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK THE ASPERGER'S HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. I DON'T THINK ASPERGER'S HAS INCREASED. I FIND...
02:52:32 Unidentified Speaker WALTER IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
02:52:34 CALLER YES, GOOD MORNING. A QUESTION FOR DR. GRANDIN. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF SHE WAS FAMILIAR WITH HOWARD GARDENER'S...
02:52:45 Unidentified Speaker YES. I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AND THE THING IS I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOOD AT DIFFERENT...
02:53:37 Unidentified Speaker DR. GRANDIN YOU RECOMMENDED A LOT OF SITES FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO. BUT NONE HAVE BEEN GOVERNMENT SITES....
02:53:47 Unidentified Speaker THE CDC -- NIH SITES AND CDC SITES I MEAN, THEY TELL SOME THINGS ABOUT AUTISM. BUT IN A LOCAL AREA...
02:54:21 Unidentified Speaker I THOUGHT OF A NOUN TO ASK
02:54:22 Unidentified Speaker OKAY.
02:54:25 Unidentified Speaker BASKETBALL.
02:54:26 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. I'M SEEING WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL ONE OF THE FEW PLACES I WASN'T TEASED WE WOULD GO OUT ...
02:55:12 Unidentified Speaker BIG DOG OR BIG RED?
02:55:13 Unidentified Speaker NO BIG RED -- RED DIED OF OLD AGE, UNFORTUNATELY. HE'S GOT A NEW DOG. IT'S A LITTLE SMALL DOG AND...
02:55:45 Unidentified Speaker PRESIDENT OBAMA.
02:55:46 Unidentified Speaker I'M SEEING DIFFERENT PICTURES OF HIM. IN FACT, THERE WAS A PICTURE IN THE AIRPORT A BIG CARDBOARD...
02:56:02 Unidentified Speaker LAST CALL WE HAVE ABOUT 27 SECONDS. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, GO AHEAD, KAY.
02:56:09 Unidentified Speaker YES, MY SON HAS BEEN AUTISTIC SINCE HE WAS BORN. HE WAS BORN WITH LOW BIRTHRATE, 4 POUNDS 2 OUNCES....
02:57:03 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T HAVE TIME TO ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS SKILLS ARE. I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO READ SOME...
02:57:13 Unidentified Speaker HERE ARE TEMPLE GRANDIN'S BOOKS VERY QUICKLY. "EMERGENCE," THINKING IN PICTURES, "DEVELOPING TALENTS,"...
02:57:45 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
02:57:49 Unidentified Speaker THIS PROGRAM WILL REAIR AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO BOOK.ORG. AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO TYPE IN TEMPLE GRANDIN...

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