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

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

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 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.

I love Temple Grandin - she's my hero!

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!!!!!!!!!

She's a beautiful person, I love her.

Temple Grandin is an inspiration to many!

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

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. 👍🏽

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.

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.

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

Strombo shows his interviewing chops by offering a few key questions and letting Temple Grandin speak her piece. Good interview and a fascinating interviewee.

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.

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.

Temple, you and you family are great! Thank you so much for all you are teaching us.

Amazing woman. Since my son was diagnosed with autism, I have read several different books about the subject and the one that I recommend the most is by Temple Grandin titled "Thinking in Pictures". Great insight and highly informative! Thank God for Temple Grandin.

i cant wait till friday this is gonna be an awesome interview

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.

She is an amazing human being..It`s really cool to see her on a show talking aout herself & her views... Definitley have to check out the rest of the interview,.. What an interesting person, big high five to the hour for putting her on..

This woman is amazing! I watched the movie and hadn't even known who she was. I can't believe they don't teach about her in school! She is incredible!

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

Thank dog she can communicate and thereby share her insights and genius with others. So many are denied even that seemingly fundamental aspect of human interaction and development due to a minute difference in their chemistry. We have an almost limitless horizon of work to be done to even begin to understand the workings of the brain.

I watched the movie and I just love her..

I'd highly recommend her book, "Thinking In Pictures"--the book that the movie was based on. I have such huge respect for Dr. Grandin!

claire danes did such an amazing job in this movie. i've been around autistic people for a long time, and this woman is truly amazing.

she is great! I want to watch her movie tonight. I also love animals and just want to look after my elderly dog and animals. I have been farm sitting the last 3 months and i love it. The owners aren't much of farmers but I like helping them and just being on the farm and not having to go anywhere. IF it was my farm it would be a lot different. We need to treat farm animals better cause a lot of them are very sweet and gentle in their own way. I want a farm one day, I love doing farm work and taking care of my elderly dog and farm animals

She's so well-spoken, articulate.

Anybody else find yourself replaying from 0:34 on? Aspergers! Mark Zuckerberg! CLASSIC!

Best name ever!

The way he's leaning towards her is making ME nervous

I love how Temple Grandin shows how proud she is of her accomplishments. She does it without seeming arrogant.

i believe the same thing, especially when my son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 1 and 10 months. parents just need to give such kids the intervention that they need and hone the skills where they are good at.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo definitely nailed her

Simply fascinating.

1:32 I saw "The Weakest Link" one time. It was so disturbing, just how mean the host could be. She was horrible. I don't know her personally, so I can't say that this is her true being. What I can postulate, however, is that she was being this mean in order to get ratings. What this informs us is that our society, as a whole, approves of crushing weaker people. It approves of bloodbaths and throwing the homeless to the lions. This is why I did not watch any of these shows, either. Now, we've got the star of "The Apprentice" as our president. This is someone who was also cruel on his show [based on clips], but now we understand that this cruelty is a part of his inner essence and being. I think it also shows just how low the general self-esteem of America is right now. When Donald Trump fires someone on his show, people get giddy. Why? It's partly because it's not them [the viewers], and they sincerely believe that it would never be them. It's also because when someone gets knocked down a peg or two, the viewer sees this as themselves being BUMPED UP a peg or two. They need this because their self-esteem is in the toilet. No president can change this. No television show would try to change this, as it would be bad for ratings. Only the people can change it. And people like to say that America is a "Christian nation." People certainly don't act like it. I'm an Atheist, but I've read the bible, and I know that this is not what Jesus would do. Not at all. People should be ashamed, because we live in shameful times, and it's due to the behavior of the majority, who ironically enough declare themselves to be "moral." They are not.

Ahhhhhhmazing!!!! So brilliant.

It makes a lot of sense

I have just started reading Animals in Translation. Cool!

So do I. She is truly amazing!

i fully share temple’s feeling about some type of shows. i’ve never gotten what’s entertaining about causing problems for people just living their lives.

3:40 really hit home for me, especially since psychologists of my youth were set on persuading my parents to label me as mentally handicapped. After being diagnosed with Aspergers we found out that it was still in my medical records, and there's no way to completely erase it. :l

Temple you´re amazing !

I have high functioning aspergers when my parents couldnt understand me temple grandin kind of explained my life if that makes any sense.

There is a very significant under-diagnosis of Autisim in ethnic minorities, and at the same time over diagnosed amount in people with a Euro background. I completely agree with you zadeh.

Ugh she's fantastic

Incredible human she is too.

Autism spectrum is very large indeed and so please to find someone on RU-vid that had taken all the stigma out of it even if someone on the autism spectrum like me which has high functioning autism to a person that has aspersers syndrome.. I was tested last year with a young psychologist. Richard Exeter UK

I have Aspberger's myself and she is a great influence to me.

@Ecosse57 i've read about scientist who said the reason the autism gene survived is as you say "their purpose is unique" so instead of getting left behind they got recognition for being what they were ;)

Wow she is amazing I respect her

She is just simply amazing I look up to her :)

Wonderful Human being....to say the least.🥰

Amazing, she's very fascinating.

Freedom is sanity. Know thyself. Love Thyself. Be free

Such an amazing person

dr. grandin is keeping it real!

so great!

this woman is angelic, I absolutely love her

i think he said thats so great

This woman is so wise!!

Yeah...she has great insight through here own development "issues" It's ironic because she's actually an incredibly wise person because she's listens and learns first, then reaches conclusions. Autism is a disorder, not a developmental issue, and that's something that took a lot of people a long time to know the difference between. If more people thought like Grandin, our world would be a much much better place. It's a good thing Zuckerburg heads Facebook...he is of the same mind :-)

"That's so - yeah, you're absolutely right." He stopped short on quantifying what she'd said and instead opted for agreement.

I love her! She is amazing; outstanding!

Very much agree with Temple’s sentiments that we should help the weak. The biggest problem today is we want to put the weak in charge. That’s the opposite problem, and a recipe for disaster. The strong should be in charge, but the strong AND compassionate. And no one is innately completely strong or weak - everyone ought to be able to develop their strengths to be able to contribute despite their weaknesses.

I have massive respect for this great women

She is awesome!!!

She is amazing.

love her!!

What I mean is that "mild" takes away any sense of it being it's own thing, something special.

Susan Boyle is austic too.

She is one person I'd definitely like to meet and hear her speak in person. My 11yr old son is also on the spectrum.

She is a fantastic person.

I have aspergers to me it is a case of ying and yang. As a child i was probably like dennis the menace. People are equaly smart, each person just excels and lapses in diferent areas. As i got older i became a social interaction sponge. I love learning how people behave and interact. But for me to be social i have to conciously revise these things. I hate when people don't like me just because i forget to be social. I am not a bad person just forgetful

I just love Temple - she is my icon

Omg how did I never hear about this lady

i've came to terms that i with my anti social aspie tendencies that i need to really be somebody and/or make a lot of money some day to really be accepted by people genuinely or not. if i was able to communicate better with others and feel a sense of belonging i wouldn't try as hard to become successful

She is fantastic.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She's sure as he11 my idea of gorgeous.

@santhony74 i know your struggles... my oldest child is the same way.. and a damn genius at that!! these children are amazing

I Love Her.

at 3:02 that is so true

I think he said "That's so..." and a mix of great/yeah.

@aussiemumism Forgot my s....She's 100% right... As a mum of an austic son, Temple is an inspiration!!!

I honestly wonder if she was offered the role Claire Danes ultimately got. Seems to me Temple could've actually played the lead role her own self. A good director would know exactly how to approach her to get a solid performance. And she's got the energy to be a great screen presence... Would've been quite interesting to see.

@chestercooner He really is a fantastic interviewer, but he didn't have to do too much here. Temple had her bullet points and she was hitting them all.

great person

shes excellent bravoooo

I somewhat agree since the term mild Autism can refer to an actual case of mild Autism or a higher-functioning Autistic disorder, such as Asperger Syndrome. But, technically, by saying mild Autism is bad you're also calling Asperger's bad, since it's considered mild Autism. I understand, what you're saying though, and I agree.

That's true.

@AimeeViolette Not quite tonight. "For the full interview watch George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight ON Friday January 21st 2011 at 11:05pm." I wish it was tonight though, because it would save me a lot of time waiting for it lol.

the movie of her was good

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where can I watch all of this?

SHE IS SUPER COOL!!

Mild autism, social rules and keep growing all of the time. In the 50s social rules were structured and values were taught, polite and kind to animals. Make real improvements is key!

@Counterbrilliance That was a disgusting comment, Temple is an amazing person who DESERVES more than this! I don't know how anyone could say anything so low!