WEBVTT 00:04.671 --> 00:05.372 >> TEMPLE GRANDIN IS KNOWN AS 00:05.372 --> 00:09.409 THE ARCHITECT OF 00:09.409 --> 00:09.910 THE MODERN 00:09.910 --> 00:11.011 SLAUGHTER HOUSE IN NORTH AMERICA 00:11.011 --> 00:12.012 NOW USE HER 00:12.012 --> 00:12.779 INNOVATIVE DESIGNS 00:12.779 --> 00:14.181 IN TREATING 00:14.181 --> 00:16.884 LIVE STOCK MORE 00:16.884 --> 00:17.217 HUMANLY. 00:17.217 --> 00:18.619 SHE'S A PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL 00:18.619 --> 00:20.120 SCIENCE AT COLORADO STATE 00:20.120 --> 00:21.488 UNIVERSITY AND SUBJECT OF 00:21.488 --> 00:24.892 A 00:24.892 --> 00:25.225 2010HBO 00:25.225 --> 00:25.759 FILM. 00:25.759 --> 00:27.227 SHE NOW 00:27.227 --> 00:29.730 SERVES 00:29.730 --> 00:30.297 AS AN ACTIVIST 00:30.297 --> 00:31.565 FOR OTHERS 00:31.565 --> 00:32.466 AND SHE NOW 00:32.466 --> 00:33.066 JOINS US 00:33.066 --> 00:34.801 TO TALK ABOUT HER 00:34.801 --> 00:34.935 LATES 00:34.935 --> 00:36.170 T BOOK, 00:36.170 --> 00:37.471 THINKING ACROSS THE 00:37.471 --> 00:37.938 SPECTRUM. 00:37.938 --> 00:39.806 >> IT'S GREAT TO BE 00:39.806 --> 00:40.741 HERE. 00:40.741 --> 00:42.075 >> YOU HAVE LENT YOUR SUPPORT TO 00:42.075 --> 00:43.377 A GROWING CAMPAIGN FOR MORE 00:43.377 --> 00:44.945 RESEARCH INTO THE WAY 00:44.945 --> 00:45.746 AUTISM 00:45.746 --> 00:46.580 AFFECTS THE 00:46.580 --> 00:47.514 SENSES, THE SEE 00:47.514 --> 00:48.382 THINGS MY WAY CAMPAIGN. 00:48.382 --> 00:49.616 WHY DO YOU THINK THERE 00:49.616 --> 00:50.050 HASN'T 00:50.050 --> 00:51.118 BEEN MORE RESEARCH? 00:51.118 --> 00:52.352 >> PEOPLE HAVE DONE A LOT O 00:52.352 --> 00:54.021 F 00:54.021 --> 00:57.224 RESEARCH ON THE SOCIAL 00:57.224 --> 00:57.691 ASPECTS, 00:57.691 --> 01:01.895 FACE RECOLLECT ANYTHING WITHIN 01:01.895 --> 01:02.362 RECOGNITION. 01:02.362 --> 01:03.597 THERE'S AN ISSUE ON SENSORY 01:03.597 --> 01:04.765 ISSUES. 01:04.765 --> 01:06.066 AND THEY 01:06.066 --> 01:06.967 CAN BE 01:06.967 --> 01:11.772 EXTREMELY 01:11.772 --> 01:12.206 DEBILITATING. 01:12.206 --> 01:13.640 VISUAL SENSORY, PROBLEMS WITH 01:13.640 --> 01:15.275 LIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 01:15.275 --> 01:16.210 REALLY NEEDS TO BE 01:16.210 --> 01:17.811 STUDIED AND 01:17.811 --> 01:19.246 IN MY WORK WITH 01:19.246 --> 01:20.214 ANIMALS, I'M A 01:20.214 --> 01:22.316 VISUAL THINKER. 01:22.316 --> 01:23.550 SO I KNOW ACCORDING TO WERE 01:23.550 --> 01:24.718 AFRAID OF A LOT 01:24.718 --> 01:25.285 OF LITTLE 01:25.285 --> 01:26.553 THINGS, SHADOW, A CHAIN 01:26.553 --> 01:27.321 HANGING 01:27.321 --> 01:29.823 DOWN, THINGS WE TEND TO NOT 01:29.823 --> 01:30.257 NOTICE. 01:30.257 --> 01:31.325 >> HOW TO YOU THINK 01:31.325 --> 01:32.059 PARENTS, 01:32.059 --> 01:33.293 TEACHERS, FAMILIES, HOW CAN 01:33.293 --> 01:33.794 THEY 01:33.794 --> 01:35.429 HELP A YOUNG PERSON 01:35.429 --> 01:36.063 NAVIGATE OR 01:36.063 --> 01:37.297 DEAL WITH THIS? 01:37.297 --> 01:40.133 >> IF YOU HAVE A TWO 01:40.133 --> 01:41.034 OR 01:41.034 --> 01:42.102 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD, THE WORST 01:42.102 --> 01:42.569 THE 01:42.569 --> 01:44.071 THING YOU CAN DO IS NOTHING. 01:44.071 --> 01:45.072 YOU HAVE TO 01:45.072 --> 01:46.073 WORK WITH HIM, 01:46.073 --> 01:46.607 TEACH 01:46.607 --> 01:48.275 HIM WORDS, TURN 01:48.275 --> 01:48.742 TAKING. 01:48.742 --> 01:49.977 ANOTHER THING I TALK ABOUT IN 01:49.977 --> 01:51.445 THE AUTISTIC BRAIN IS THE 01:51.445 --> 01:53.313 DIFFERENT KINDS OF 01:53.313 --> 01:53.747 MINDS. 01:53.747 --> 01:55.916 I'M A VISUAL THINKER 01:55.916 --> 01:56.850 WITH 01:56.850 --> 01:57.684 DIFFICULTIES IN 01:57.684 --> 01:58.018 MATH. 01:58.018 --> 01:59.052 MY WORK MAINLY 01:59.052 --> 02:00.420 INVOLVES 02:00.420 --> 02:00.888 DESIGN. 02:00.888 --> 02:01.922 ANOTHER KIND, 02:01.922 --> 02:04.157 A 02:04.157 --> 02:04.691 MATHEMATICIAN, 02:04.691 --> 02:06.193 HE MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE WITH 02:06.193 --> 02:06.660 READING. 02:06.660 --> 02:08.161 ANOTHER KID IS GOOD WITH WORDS. 02:08.161 --> 02:09.396 BUILD UP ON THE 02:09.396 --> 02:10.264 AREA OF STRENGTH 02:10.264 --> 02:11.999 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO 02:11.999 --> 02:12.499 START 02:12.499 --> 02:13.433 LOOKING 02:13.433 --> 02:13.734 THAT. 02:13.734 --> 02:15.602 WHAT WILL 02:15.602 --> 02:17.905 WE DO FOR JOBS. 02:17.905 --> 02:18.639 THERE'S NO EMPHASIZE ON 02:18.639 --> 02:19.006 TRAINING 02:19.006 --> 02:19.873 OR WORK SKILLS. 02:19.873 --> 02:21.542 I KNOW THE PAPER 02:21.542 --> 02:22.042 ROUTES 02:22.042 --> 02:23.010 ARE GONE 02:23.010 --> 02:24.111 BUT LET'S 02:24.111 --> 02:25.245 FIND 02:25.245 --> 02:25.679 SUBSTITUTES, 02:25.679 --> 02:26.847 THINGS LIKE WALKING DOGS. 02:26.847 --> 02:28.248 >> YOU JUST MENTIONED IT, YOUR 02:28.248 --> 02:29.283 WORK AND 02:29.283 --> 02:30.784 DESIGN AND 02:30.784 --> 02:31.251 SLAUGHTERHOUSES. 02:31.251 --> 02:32.352 FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO 'DO KNOW 02:32.352 --> 02:35.822 ABOUT 02:35.822 --> 02:36.990 DON'T KNOWWHAT YOU DO, TELL 02:36.990 --> 02:38.659 US ABOUT 02:38.659 --> 02:39.159 IT. 02:39.159 --> 02:40.227 >> YOU CAN LOOK 02:40.227 --> 02:41.595 AT THE VIDEO 02:41.595 --> 02:42.696 PLANTS WITH TEMPLE GRANDIN AND 02:42.696 --> 02:43.697 THEY ASK 02:43.697 --> 02:44.364 ARE THE ACCORDING TO 02:44.364 --> 02:46.366 AFRAID OF GETTING 02:46.366 --> 02:46.800 SLAUGHTERED. 02:46.800 --> 02:49.770 THEY'RE AFRAID OF 02:49.770 --> 02:50.704 SHADOWS, 02:50.704 --> 02:51.104 REFLEXIONS. 02:51.104 --> 02:51.839 ANOTHER THING, EQUIPMENT DESIGN 02:51.839 --> 02:52.706 IS 02:52.706 --> 02:56.176 HALF THE 02:56.176 --> 02:56.910 EQUATION. 02:56.910 --> 02:57.945 YOU HAVE TO MESSAGE 02:57.945 --> 02:58.445 IT. 02:58.445 --> 02:59.746 IF IT'S NOT 02:59.746 --> 03:00.814 MANAGED RIGHT, BAD 03:00.814 --> 03:02.015 STUFF HAPPENS. 03:02.015 --> 03:03.417 >> DESPITE YOUR WORK WITH 03:03.417 --> 03:04.351 MAKING 03:04.351 --> 03:05.752 SLAUGHTER MORE 03:05.752 --> 03:07.054 HUMANE FOR 03:07.054 --> 03:07.621 ANIMALS, 03:07.621 --> 03:08.655 YOU 03:08.655 --> 03:08.889 STILL 03:08.889 --> 03:09.790 EAT MEAT. 03:09.790 --> 03:10.591 >> I DO. 03:10.591 --> 03:12.359 I FEEL WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A 03:12.359 --> 03:13.026 LIFE WORTH 03:13.026 --> 03:13.427 LIVING. 03:13.427 --> 03:14.595 I THOUGHT ABOUT 03:14.595 --> 03:15.529 THE ACCORDING TO 03:15.529 --> 03:16.563 RAISED AND 03:16.563 --> 03:18.065 PIGS RAISED NEVER 03:18.065 --> 03:18.565 BORN 03:18.565 --> 03:19.499 IF 03:19.499 --> 03:20.634 WE HADN'T BRED THOSE 03:20.634 --> 03:21.969 ANIMALS BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE 03:21.969 --> 03:22.336 THEM 03:22.336 --> 03:23.103 A DECENT LIFE. 03:23.103 --> 03:24.538 THERE ARE PROBLEMS STILL OUT AT 03:24.538 --> 03:25.806 THE FARM THAT HAVE TO 03:25.806 --> 03:28.609 BE 03:28.609 --> 03:29.109 FIX. 03:29.109 --> 03:30.544 >> WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS AT 03:30.544 --> 03:31.612 THE 03:31.612 --> 03:33.080 FAMILIAR? 03:33.080 --> 03:33.547 >> PUSHING BIOLOGY 03:33.547 --> 03:34.348 TOO HARD, 03:34.348 --> 03:35.549 RABBIT GROWTH, THINGS LIKE 03:35.549 --> 03:35.849 THAT, 03:35.849 --> 03:37.284 FEED ADDITIVES 03:37.284 --> 03:38.719 THAT CAN 03:38.719 --> 03:39.319 PUSH 03:39.319 --> 03:39.586 THE 03:39.586 --> 03:40.921 BIOLOGY TOO HARD AND 03:40.921 --> 03:42.689 CAUSE 03:42.689 --> 03:43.924 LAMENESS AND BARON 03:43.924 --> 03:45.225 ENVIRONMENTS, 03:45.225 --> 03:45.959 SOMETHINGS, ESPECIALLY IN PORK 03:45.959 --> 03:47.928 AND 03:47.928 --> 03:48.862 CHICKENS, 03:48.862 --> 03:49.930 EGG-LAYING 03:49.930 --> 03:50.364 CHICKENS. 03:50.364 --> 03:51.665 >> WITH YOUR UNIQUE MIND, 03:51.665 --> 03:52.733 HOW 03:52.733 --> 03:53.767 DO 03:53.767 --> 03:55.669 YOU TAP INTO 03:55.669 --> 03:55.903 SEEING 03:55.903 --> 03:56.803 WHAT 03:56.803 --> 03:58.205 ANIMALS 03:58.205 --> 03:59.306 SEE? 03:59.306 --> 03:59.840 >> ANIMALS DON'T 03:59.840 --> 04:01.742 THINK IN VERBAL 04:01.742 --> 04:02.776 LANGUAGE, 04:02.776 --> 04:04.178 PICTURES, 04:04.178 --> 04:04.578 SOUND, 04:04.578 --> 04:05.946 TOUCH 04:05.946 --> 04:08.715 SENSATIONS, AUDITORY 04:08.715 --> 04:09.283 CLIPS. 04:09.283 --> 04:10.083 IT'S DETAILED 04:10.083 --> 04:10.651 ACCEPTANCERY 04:10.651 --> 04:11.752 INFORMATION AND BOTTOM UP 04:11.752 --> 04:12.119 THINKING. 04:12.119 --> 04:13.353 YOU WANT TO TEACH A DOG TO 04:13.353 --> 04:14.188 SIT, 04:14.188 --> 04:15.222 TEACH HIM AT 04:15.222 --> 04:16.657 HOME, OUTSIDE, AT 04:16.657 --> 04:18.125 THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE 04:18.125 --> 04:19.660 BUT IF YOU TEACH HIM IN YOUR 04:19.660 --> 04:20.527 KITCHEN, HE WON'T DO I 04:20.527 --> 04:21.061 T 04:21.061 --> 04:22.429 SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THEY'RE 04:22.429 --> 04:23.697 MUCH MORE SPECIFIC IN HOW THEY 04:23.697 --> 04:25.966 THINK. 04:25.966 --> 04:27.367 >> YOU'VE 04:27.367 --> 04:28.402 ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, 04:28.402 --> 04:29.703 DESPITE YOUR 04:29.703 --> 04:30.170 AUTISM. 04:30.170 --> 04:31.271 SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY YOU'VE 04:31.271 --> 04:32.472 DONE ALL THAT 04:32.472 --> 04:33.106 DESPITE AUTISM 04:33.106 --> 04:34.441 WITHIN WHAT CHALLENGES DO YOU 04:34.441 --> 04:35.876 STILL FACE THAT 04:35.876 --> 04:38.312 ARE 04:38.312 --> 04:39.046 UNIQUE? 04:39.046 --> 04:39.880 >> AVICTIM IS 04:39.880 --> 04:41.048 A BIG 04:41.048 --> 04:41.481 SPECTRUM. 04:41.481 --> 04:43.116 YOU HAVE EINSTEIN AND STEVE 04:43.116 --> 04:43.417 JOBS. 04:43.417 --> 04:48.856 STEVE JOBS WAS A 04:48.856 --> 04:49.456 WEIRD 04:49.456 --> 04:51.158 LONER. 04:51.158 --> 04:52.025 AND YOU HAVE 04:52.025 --> 04:52.993 A HUGE BIG 04:52.993 --> 04:53.660 SPECTRUM 04:53.660 --> 04:54.895 WITH THE SAME NAME AND TEND 04:54.895 --> 04:55.562 TO 04:55.562 --> 04:56.763 GET PUT 04:56.763 --> 04:57.464 TOGETHER BECAUSE 04:57.464 --> 04:57.931 I'VE 04:57.931 --> 05:00.000 SEEN KIDS THAT ARE NERDY, 05:00.000 --> 05:00.667 I WENT 05:00.667 --> 05:02.369 TO COLLEGE WITH AND GOT GOOD 05:02.369 --> 05:03.136 JOBS. 05:03.136 --> 05:04.338 ONE OF THE REASONS IS 05:04.338 --> 05:05.405 THEY 05:05.405 --> 05:06.573 LEARNED WORK SKILLS. 05:06.573 --> 05:07.541 SOME THAT ARE 05:07.541 --> 05:08.542 FULLY VERBAL 05:08.542 --> 05:09.142 ARE 05:09.142 --> 05:10.143 TOO OVERPROTECTED. 05:10.143 --> 05:11.578 MY MOTHER WAS ALWAYS GETTING 05:11.578 --> 05:12.246 ME 05:12.246 --> 05:13.347 OUT DOING THINGS. 05:13.347 --> 05:18.585 WHEN I WAS 05:18.585 --> 05:19.386 13, SHE 05:19.386 --> 05:19.853 GOT 05:19.853 --> 05:23.924 ME A 05:23.924 --> 05:24.291 SEWING 05:24.291 --> 05:25.692 JOB. 05:25.692 --> 05:26.693 YOU STRETCH THESE KIDS OUT 05:26.693 --> 05:27.461 OF 05:27.461 --> 05:28.662 THEIR COMFORT ZONE 05:28.662 --> 05:29.429 AND I TALK 05:29.429 --> 05:30.464 ABOUT THAT IN MY 05:30.464 --> 05:31.431 BOOK, THE 05:31.431 --> 05:32.065 AUTISTIC WAY. 05:32.065 --> 05:34.101 >> IN THE BOOK YOU REFERENCE 05:34.101 --> 05:34.434 VACCINES AND 05:34.434 --> 05:35.169 OBVIOUSLY 05:35.169 --> 05:35.602 THERE'S -- 05:35.602 --> 05:36.537 >> THAT'S A MAINER PART OF THE 05:36.537 --> 05:38.071 BOOK AND 05:38.071 --> 05:38.238 I 05:38.238 --> 05:39.139 THINK THAT 05:39.139 --> 05:39.439 WHOLE 05:39.439 --> 05:40.507 THINGS IS 05:40.507 --> 05:40.941 DISTRACTION. 05:40.941 --> 05:42.476 I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS 05:42.476 --> 05:42.809 THAT 05:42.809 --> 05:44.244 BECAUSE IT DISTRACTS ALL 05:44.244 --> 05:44.511 OF 05:44.511 --> 05:45.979 OTHER THINGS I WANT TO TALK 05:45.979 --> 05:47.047 ABOUT. 05:47.047 --> 05:48.582 >> SOME 05:48.582 --> 05:50.584 ARE 05:50.584 --> 05:51.185 MAKE -- 05:51.185 --> 05:51.952 >> EARLIERNITY INTERVENTION, 05:51.952 --> 05:53.220 DEVELOPING STRENGTHS, GETTING 05:53.220 --> 05:55.022 PEOPLE INTO GOOD 05:55.022 --> 05:55.522 JOBS BECAUSE 05:55.522 --> 05:57.891 I'VE WORKED IN THE 05:57.891 --> 05:58.492 CONTRACTS 05:58.492 --> 05:59.893 INDUSTRY, 05:59.893 --> 06:00.527 BUILDING AND DESIGNING 06:00.527 --> 06:02.563 MY FACILITIES 06:02.563 --> 06:03.397 AND I'VE SEEN A 06:03.397 --> 06:04.898 LOT OF PEOPLE MY 06:04.898 --> 06:05.299 AGE, 06:05.299 --> 06:06.366 40, 50, 06:06.366 --> 06:08.001 60, THEY WERE THAT KID HAVING 06:08.001 --> 06:09.536 PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL, TO BE 06:09.536 --> 06:10.604 LABELED MILD AUTISM 06:10.604 --> 06:10.938 TODAY. 06:10.938 --> 06:12.406 THE GUY 06:12.406 --> 06:12.806 RUNS A 06:12.806 --> 06:13.807 BIG 06:13.807 --> 06:14.408 METAL 06:14.408 --> 06:16.276 FABRICATION COMPANY OR FIXES 06:16.276 --> 06:16.977 THE 06:16.977 --> 06:17.744 COMPUTERS OR RUNS A 06:17.744 --> 06:19.513 CREW 06:19.513 --> 06:20.047 OF 200 06:20.047 --> 06:21.281 PEOPLE AND THEY'RE JUST 06:21.281 --> 06:22.149 A 06:22.149 --> 06:24.218 SPECTRUM AND JUNIOR IS 06:24.218 --> 06:25.085 TOO 06:25.085 --> 06:26.453 OVERPROTECTED HASN'T LEARNED HOW 06:26.453 --> 06:27.454 TO SHOP, SHAKE 06:27.454 --> 06:28.121 HANDS, ORDER FOOD 06:28.121 --> 06:29.189 IN A 06:29.189 --> 06:30.023 RESTAURANT, JUST THE 06:30.023 --> 06:30.357 MOST 06:30.357 --> 06:31.258 BASIC SKILLS. 06:31.258 --> 06:32.159 >> THAT'S SOMETHING YOU TALK 06:32.159 --> 06:33.427 ABOUT, LEARNING LANGUAGE AND 06:33.427 --> 06:34.628 MANNERS AND TAKING CARE OF 06:34.628 --> 06:38.532 YOURSELF. 06:38.532 --> 06:39.199 >> THE SCHOOLS 06:39.199 --> 06:39.900 TAKING OUT 06:39.900 --> 06:40.434 ALL OF 06:40.434 --> 06:41.668 THE HANDS ON 06:41.668 --> 06:44.037 CLASSES, 06:44.037 --> 06:45.772 SEWING, 06:45.772 --> 06:46.273 COOKING, WELDING. 06:46.273 --> 06:47.674 WE HAVE A HUGE SHORTAGE IN 06:47.674 --> 06:48.575 THE 06:48.575 --> 06:50.577 SKILL'S TRADE, THINGS 06:50.577 --> 06:55.449 LIKE TAUT 06:55.449 --> 06:57.417 LIKE AUTO 06:57.417 --> 06:57.784 MECHANICS. 06:57.784 --> 06:59.353 THERE'S KIDS 06:59.353 --> 06:59.853 WITH MILDLY 06:59.853 --> 07:00.888 AUTISTIC AND THESE ARE THE 07:00.888 --> 07:02.256 PERFECT JOBS. 07:02.256 --> 07:03.557 >> WHEN DID YOU BEGIN OR REALIZE 07:03.557 --> 07:04.958 THAT SOME OF THE GREAT THINKERS 07:04.958 --> 07:06.193 AND MINDS LIKE YOU 07:06.193 --> 07:06.593 REFERENCED 07:06.593 --> 07:07.594 STEVE JOBS, WHE 07:07.594 --> 07:08.529 N DID YOU REALIZE 07:08.529 --> 07:09.496 THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN 07:09.496 --> 07:11.064 SOMETHING LIKE 07:11.064 --> 07:11.565 YOU? 07:11.565 --> 07:12.533 >> WHEN YOU REMEMBER, I WAS 07:12.533 --> 07:13.834 GROWING UP THERE WERE 07:13.834 --> 07:14.935 NO BOOKS 07:14.935 --> 07:16.336 ABOUT AUTUMN AT ALL. 07:16.336 --> 07:17.271 THE VERY FIRST BOOK CAME 07:17.271 --> 07:18.305 OUT IN 07:18.305 --> 07:20.140 THE 07:20.140 --> 07:21.642 EARLY '70S. 07:21.642 --> 07:23.243 AND IT WAS VIRTUALLY NO OTHER 07:23.243 --> 07:23.977 BOOKS. 07:23.977 --> 07:26.046 AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING I 07:26.046 --> 07:26.680 LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT 07:26.680 --> 07:27.181 WHEN I 07:27.181 --> 07:28.115 GOT OLDER. 07:28.115 --> 07:30.384 NOW THERE'S 07:30.384 --> 07:31.318 MORE 07:31.318 --> 07:32.252 MATERIALS 07:32.252 --> 07:32.686 AVAILABLE. 07:32.686 --> 07:33.720 >> SO YOU 07:33.720 --> 07:35.088 THINK THAT THEY ARE 07:35.088 --> 07:36.657 LIKE YOU, JUST BASED 07:36.657 --> 07:36.757 O 07:36.757 --> 07:37.558 N 07:37.558 --> 07:38.091 WHAT 07:38.091 --> 07:39.426 YOU'VE READ ABOUT THESE 07:39.426 --> 07:39.860 THINKERS? 07:39.860 --> 07:42.996 >> WHEN I DID MY EARLIER BOOK, I 07:42.996 --> 07:44.398 LOOKED 07:44.398 --> 07:44.631 UP EINSTEIN 07:44.631 --> 07:45.499 AND HE HAD A 07:45.499 --> 07:46.600 LOT OF ODD TRAITS. 07:46.600 --> 07:47.634 I HAVE A XEROX 07:47.634 --> 07:50.604 COPY OF A 07:50.604 --> 07:51.071 LETTER 07:51.071 --> 07:52.005 FROM EINSTEIN THAT SAID HE 07:52.005 --> 07:53.273 DIDN'T SPEAK UNTIL HE WAS THREE 07:53.273 --> 07:55.509 AND HIS PARENTS WERE 07:55.509 --> 07:56.343 CONCERNED. 07:56.343 --> 07:58.312 THAT'S A KID LABOREDDED 07:58.312 --> 07:58.846 WITH 07:58.846 --> 07:59.346 AUTISM TODAY. 07:59.346 --> 08:00.914 I'M SEEING KIDS COMING UP TO ME 08:00.914 --> 08:01.982 AT MEETINGS THAT 08:01.982 --> 08:02.850 ARE WAY 08:02.850 --> 08:03.283 MILDER 08:03.283 --> 08:04.284 THAN I AM 08:04.284 --> 08:05.152 AND THEY'RE 08:05.152 --> 08:05.719 GRADUATING 08:05.719 --> 08:07.254 FROM COLLEGE AND HAVEN'T LEARNED 08:07.254 --> 08:08.188 A SINGLE WORK 08:08.188 --> 08:08.589 SKILL. 08:08.589 --> 08:09.723 THAT'S THE DISCIPLINE OF 08:09.723 --> 08:11.358 LEARNING A JOB TO START AT 08:11.358 --> 08:11.625 AGE 08:11.625 --> 08:12.693 12 AND 08:12.693 --> 08:14.361 VOLUNTEER WORK DOES 08:14.361 --> 08:14.661 COUNT. 08:14.661 --> 08:17.097 YOU VOLUNTEER AT THE 08:17.097 --> 08:17.898 FARMERS 08:17.898 --> 08:18.732 MARKET OR CHURCH, 08:18.732 --> 08:20.067 HELPING ON 08:20.067 --> 08:20.968 WEEKENDS, SETTING UP THE 08:20.968 --> 08:22.269 CHAIRS. 08:22.269 --> 08:24.037 WHEN I WAS 08:24.037 --> 08:25.305 15, 16, I 08:25.305 --> 08:26.106 WAS 08:26.106 --> 08:27.741 CLEANING EIGHT HORSE STALLS AND 08:27.741 --> 08:29.042 PROUD THAT I TOOK CARE OF 08:29.042 --> 08:29.510 THAT. 08:29.510 --> 08:30.844 >> YOU SAY IN YOUR BOOK, THE 08:30.844 --> 08:33.313 TIME HAS COME TO RETHINK THE 08:33.313 --> 08:33.914 AUTISTIC BRAIN. 08:33.914 --> 08:34.882 WHAT DO 08:34.882 --> 08:35.682 YOU 08:35.682 --> 08:36.149 MEAN? 08:36.149 --> 08:39.720 >> WHAT KIDS CAN DO. 08:39.720 --> 08:42.122 ALGEBRA 08:42.122 --> 08:43.590 WAS 08:43.590 --> 08:44.258 HOPELESS, MY CAREER 08:44.258 --> 08:45.559 WAS BUILDING 08:45.559 --> 08:46.093 UP 08:46.093 --> 08:46.693 THE THINGS THAT 08:46.693 --> 08:48.028 THEY ARE GOOD AT DOING. 08:48.028 --> 08:49.062 THE WAY I SOLD 08:49.062 --> 08:50.097 JOBS WAS SHOWING 08:50.097 --> 08:52.766 OFF A PORTFOLIO OF 08:52.766 --> 08:54.201 MY WORK. 08:54.201 --> 08:54.902 PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAYS 08:54.902 --> 08:55.669 WEIRD 08:55.669 --> 08:56.103 BUT 08:56.103 --> 08:57.437 WHEN THEY SEE MY 08:57.437 --> 08:58.472 DRAWINGS, 08:58.472 --> 08:58.839 OH, 08:58.839 --> 09:00.073 YOU DREW THAT. 09:00.073 --> 09:03.076 >> YOU EXAMINATIONING 09:03.076 --> 09:03.944 WERE DIAGNOSED 09:03.944 --> 09:05.112 AT A 09:05.112 --> 09:05.679 TIME 09:05.679 --> 09:07.314 WHEN 09:07.314 --> 09:08.115 VERY FEW 09:08.115 --> 09:08.782 PEOPLE HAD HEARD 09:08.782 --> 09:09.516 OF IT. 09:09.516 --> 09:10.817 HOW HAS THAT CHANGED. 09:10.817 --> 09:12.019 >> WHEN I WAS A KID I 09:12.019 --> 09:12.853 WAS IN THE 09:12.853 --> 09:14.454 CORNER ROCKING, NO SPEECH, I 09:14.454 --> 09:15.122 WAS 09:15.122 --> 09:16.390 NOT FLUENT IN SPEECH UNTIL I WAS 09:16.390 --> 09:17.491 FOUR YEARS OLD. 09:17.491 --> 09:18.592 THEN YOU GET THE AS 09:18.592 --> 09:20.360 BERGER TYPES 09:20.360 --> 09:21.161 OF KIDS WITH THE SPEECH 09:21.161 --> 09:21.628 IS 09:21.628 --> 09:23.363 NORMAL AND THEY HAVE NO 09:23.363 --> 09:24.198 FRIENDS. 09:24.198 --> 09:24.865 THEY'RE 09:24.865 --> 09:28.669 SOCIALLY AWKWARD. 09:28.669 --> 09:29.870 I RECOMMEND 09:29.870 --> 09:30.270 ANY 09:30.270 --> 09:30.871 PARENT WITH A 09:30.871 --> 09:33.607 KID ON THE 09:33.607 --> 09:34.775 AUTISTIC SPECTRUM IS 09:34.775 --> 09:36.009 JOIN A LOCAL 09:36.009 --> 09:36.410 SUPPORT 09:36.410 --> 09:36.910 GROUP. 09:36.910 --> 09:38.245 >> YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT 09:38.245 --> 09:38.712 MENTORS, 09:38.712 --> 09:39.746 ESPECIALLY 09:39.746 --> 09:41.615 DR. CARLOCK AND THE 09:41.615 --> 09:42.082 IMPORTANCE. 09:42.082 --> 09:42.983 >> HE WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. 09:42.983 --> 09:45.018 ONE OF WAYS HE 09:45.018 --> 09:46.386 MOTIVATED ME WAS 09:46.386 --> 09:47.421 GIVING ME INTERESTING PROJECTS. 09:47.421 --> 09:49.623 THE MBO 09:49.623 --> 09:50.757 MOVIE, 09:50.757 --> 09:51.758 I BUILT 09:51.758 --> 09:52.392 THAT. 09:52.392 --> 09:53.493 THAT WAS PROJECT I 09:53.493 --> 09:53.961 DID. 09:53.961 --> 09:55.495 HE DIDN'T JUST TELL ME HOW 09:55.495 --> 09:55.796 TO 09:55.796 --> 09:56.496 BUILD IT. 09:56.496 --> 09:59.733 HE WANTED ME TO FIGURE IT OUT. 09:59.733 --> 10:00.901 HE DIDN'T JUST GIVE ME THE 10:00.901 --> 10:03.270 ANSWERS. 10:03.270 --> 10:03.904 >> WHERE WOULD YOU B 10:03.904 --> 10:05.105 E HAD YOU 10:05.105 --> 10:06.073 NOT COME ACROSS 10:06.073 --> 10:06.907 MENTORS LIKE HIM 10:06.907 --> 10:08.041 OVER YOUR CAREER? 10:08.041 --> 10:09.743 >> PROBABLY NOT WHERE 10:09.743 --> 10:10.210 I 10:10.210 --> 10:10.777 AM 10:10.777 --> 10:11.111 NOT. 10:11.111 --> 10:12.579 GOOD PEOPLE IN 10:12.579 --> 10:12.913 THE 10:12.913 --> 10:13.714 CATTLE 10:13.714 --> 10:14.681 INDUSTRY, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE 10:14.681 --> 10:16.216 IN THE CATTLE INDUSTRY THAT WERE 10:16.216 --> 10:18.252 GOOD TO ME. 10:18.252 --> 10:19.052 ME, THAT GOT 10:19.052 --> 10:21.889 ME THOSE 10:21.889 --> 10:22.289 JOBS. 10:22.289 --> 10:23.757 >> HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE OR WHAT 10:23.757 --> 10:25.025 ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR A 10:25.025 --> 10:26.560 POTENTIAL MENTOR AS THEY 10:26.560 --> 10:28.996 APPROACH GUIDING SOMEONE ON THE 10:28.996 --> 10:29.696 SPECTRUM? 10:29.696 --> 10:30.998 >> WELL, I'LL TALK ON THE 10:30.998 --> 10:31.331 HIGHER 10:31.331 --> 10:32.533 END OF 10:32.533 --> 10:33.767 THE 10:33.767 --> 10:34.735 SPECTRUM, WHAT IS 10:34.735 --> 10:36.270 THEIR 10:36.270 --> 10:36.737 INTERESTS? 10:36.737 --> 10:37.971 I WAS MORE ART 10:37.971 --> 10:39.706 SIDE OF THINGS, 10:39.706 --> 10:41.341 MORE MATHEMATIC KIND OF KIDS AND 10:41.341 --> 10:42.476 TOO MANY KIDS ARE 10:42.476 --> 10:43.076 ADDICTED TO 10:43.076 --> 10:44.478 VIDEO GAMES AND 10:44.478 --> 10:45.612 NOT 10:45.612 --> 10:45.746 DOIN 10:45.746 --> 10:46.280 G 10:46.280 --> 10:47.114 ANYTHING ELSE. 10:47.114 --> 10:48.582 THE MATHEMATICS TYPE, LET'S GET 10:48.582 --> 10:51.685 HIM ON WEBSITES TO LEARN 10:51.685 --> 10:52.085 PROGRAMMING. 10:52.085 --> 10:54.087 CODE ACADEMY, THEY CAN LEARN 10:54.087 --> 10:54.488 PROGRAMMING. 10:54.488 --> 10:56.723 THE KIDS THAT LIKE TO 10:56.723 --> 10:57.357 WRITE. 10:57.357 --> 10:58.792 LET'S GET THEM WRITING 10:58.792 --> 10:59.226 A 10:59.226 --> 11:02.729 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS 11:02.729 --> 11:03.063 LETTER. 11:03.063 --> 11:04.231 USE 11:04.231 --> 11:04.698 YOUR 11:04.698 --> 11:05.999 SKILLS AND 11:05.999 --> 11:06.767 DO SOMETHING 11:06.767 --> 11:08.769 SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS. 11:08.769 --> 11:09.203 >> YOU HAVE HAD AN 11:09.203 --> 11:09.603 OPPORTUNITY 11:09.603 --> 11:10.604 TO TO SEE 11:10.604 --> 11:13.040 YOUR 11:13.040 --> 11:14.641 OWN BRAIN 11:14.641 --> 11:15.042 SCANS. 11:15.042 --> 11:16.810 HOW DO YOU THINK 11:16.810 --> 11:17.978 THAT 11:17.978 --> 11:20.781 HELPS 11:20.781 --> 11:21.181 SCIENCE. 11:21.181 --> 11:22.115 >> THERE'S A WHOLE CHAPTER ON 11:22.115 --> 11:23.183 THE BRAIN SCAN 11:23.183 --> 11:24.218 THAT MY MATH 11:24.218 --> 11:27.087 DEPARTMENT IS FULL OF WATER. 11:27.087 --> 11:27.287 I HAVE 11:27.287 --> 11:31.658 EXTRA VISUAL 11:31.658 --> 11:33.794 ASSOCIATIONS, 11:33.794 --> 11:34.027 MAMIGULA 11:34.027 --> 11:35.195 IS LARGER 11:35.195 --> 11:37.231 THAN NORMAL, FOR 11:37.231 --> 11:38.365 WHY 11:38.365 --> 11:38.599 I 11:38.599 --> 11:39.399 WAS SO 11:39.399 --> 11:41.134 NERVOUS AND NOW 11:41.134 --> 11:44.471 CONTROLLED WITH 11:44.471 --> 11:44.938 ANTIDEPRESSANTS. 11:44.938 --> 11:50.677 A 11:50.677 --> 11:51.044 LOT 11:51.044 --> 11:52.980 OF VARIETY IN 11:52.980 --> 11:54.014 AUTISM. 11:54.014 --> 11:55.983 IT'S UNEVEN 11:55.983 --> 11:56.350 SKILLS. 11:56.350 --> 11:57.384 AUTOMOBILE AREA OF STRENGTH AND 11:57.384 --> 11:57.918 DEPTH. 11:57.918 --> 12:01.655 WE 12:01.655 --> 12:02.456 NEED MORE EMPHASIS ON THE 12:02.456 --> 12:03.624 AREA OF 12:03.624 --> 12:04.358 STRENGTH. 12:04.358 --> 12:05.425 >> THE SQUEEZE MACHINE YOU MADE, 12:05.425 --> 12:07.127 I FOUND IT ONLINE 12:07.127 --> 12:07.728 FIRST, SEVERAL 12:07.728 --> 12:08.328 THOUSAND DOLLARS. 12:08.328 --> 12:09.496 DO YOU THINK SOME DAY 12:09.496 --> 12:10.297 IT WILL BE 12:10.297 --> 12:12.165 MOSH ASSESSABLE FOR 12:12.165 --> 12:12.599 FAMILIES TO 12:12.599 --> 12:15.035 BE 12:15.035 --> 12:17.004 HELPFUL? 12:17.004 --> 12:19.206 >> LITTLE KIDS, MATH AND 12:19.206 --> 12:19.473 YOU 12:19.473 --> 12:20.774 THINGS LIKE THAT. 12:20.774 --> 12:21.909 DEEP PRESSURE CALMS DOWN 12:21.909 --> 12:22.643 SOME OF 12:22.643 --> 12:23.877 THESE KIDS, NOT ALL. 12:23.877 --> 12:24.778 THIS IS 12:24.778 --> 12:26.914 WHERE AUTISM IS 12:26.914 --> 12:27.281 DIFFERENT. 12:27.281 --> 12:28.615 A LOT OF KIDS 12:28.615 --> 12:29.249 THERE'S 12:29.249 --> 12:31.351 INEXPENSIVE WAYS TO DO THE SAME 12:31.351 --> 12:31.785 THING. 12:31.785 --> 12:33.420 >> THE SQUEEZE MACHINE OR HUG 12:33.420 --> 12:34.087 MACHINE, 12:34.087 --> 12:36.156 IT'S AN 12:36.156 --> 12:36.823 APPARATUS YOU 12:36.823 --> 12:41.495 MADE TO 12:41.495 --> 12:42.496 GIVE A HUG. 12:42.496 --> 12:43.797 >> OF COURSE, I GOT 12:43.797 --> 12:44.398 FIXATED ON 12:44.398 --> 12:44.698 THAT. 12:44.698 --> 12:46.300 YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING A KID 12:46.300 --> 12:47.668 IS FIXATED 12:47.668 --> 12:48.368 ON AND BROADEN 12:48.368 --> 12:50.737 IT 12:50.737 --> 12:51.004 OUT. 12:51.004 --> 12:52.239 LIKE TRAINS, LET'S READ 12:52.239 --> 12:52.773 ABOUT 12:52.773 --> 12:54.374 TRAINS OR MAYBE YOU CAN GET A 12:54.374 --> 12:55.309 JOB IN THE 12:55.309 --> 12:56.143 RAILROAD, SOMETHING 12:56.143 --> 12:57.110 TO TURN INTO 12:57.110 --> 12:58.145 A CAREER. 12:58.145 --> 12:59.279 >> OVER THE YEARS, HAVE YOU 12:59.279 --> 13:01.148 CHANGED YOUR OPINION ON 13:01.148 --> 13:01.548 HUGS? 13:01.548 --> 13:03.350 >> I'M HUGGING REAL PEOPLE NOW. 13:03.350 --> 13:04.885 MAYBE I'LL HUG 13:04.885 --> 13:05.786 YOU AFTER THIS 13:05.786 --> 13:06.987 INTERVIEW IS OVER. 13:06.987 --> 13:08.322 >> THANK YOU. 13:08.322 --> 13:09.122 TEMPLE 13:09.122 --> 13:10.624 GRANDIN, AUTHOR, 13:10.624 --> 13:11.525 SCIENTIST, 13:11.525 --> 13:15.525 ACTIVIST, THANK YOU