Temple Grandin
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Something that some, because a lot of the fully verbal ones were employed.
I think one of the worst things they did in some of the schools was taking out hands-on classes.
And I discussed that in visual thinking.
That's for my kind of thinker.
But then half the people that build computers and all that kind of stuff are probably on the spectrum.
And program computers, they are the mathematical side of it.
And then you have the word thinker.
And where those people can be really good, and there's been some real successes, is specialized retail.
Because they'll memorize every car on the lot.
And help somebody buy the right car, not the most expensive car, the right car.
And there's been some big successes in auto dealerships, really big successes on selling sporting goods, selling specialized business insurance, selling specialized banking products.
I did a talk with a bank and something that's highly specialized and their knowledge is appreciated by the customer.
That's right.
Well, we need to be โ where we're really falling down is on the job front.
I'm seeing students graduating with honors from college and not handle the workplace.
Because they never had any working skills.
Now, ideally, I'd like to have two summer jobs under that belt before they graduate my school.
But I want to emphasize it's never too late to start.
But a sudden โ
You know, okay, all of a sudden we throw them into the workplace.