Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems.

The subject of an award-winning biographical film Temple Grandin in 2010 Temple Grandin was listed in the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the "Heroes" category. She also created the "hug box" a device to calm autistic children.