#sm

When you take a drug to treat high blood pressure or diabetes, you have an objective test to measure blood pressure and the amount of sugar in the blood. It is straight-forward. With autism, you are looking for changes in behavior. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autism #behavior #blood #blood pressure #changes

Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.' ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autism #bunch #could #einstein #end

Autism is an extremely variable disorder. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#disorder #extremely #variable

There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autism #centers #concentrate #concentrating #geeks

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown. ↗

— Mary Grandpre

#amount #artwork #bring #certain #characters

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#protectionism #war

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#direction #need #over #partisanship #patriotism

The question is what will Mitt Romney do as president if his policy is simply to be hands off and let the government be made so small it can be drowned in a bathtub. In the 21st century global economy, no state alone has the ability to compete against China. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#ability #against #alone #bathtub #century

We went to a small lake, Bass Lake. It was beautiful. It was perfectly still when we got there in the morning. The fog was lifting off the water. It was just magical. And we did catch some fish, 13 fish. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#beautiful #catch #did #fish #fog

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#dinner #gesture #governor #i #iraq