Temple Grandin

And mother and the teacher worked together.

The rules were the same at home and school.

Really, really good.

I had a tantrum, like, in first or second grade on...

There would be no television that night, whether it happened at school or it happened at home.

And I was very good at art.

And my mother always encouraged my ability in art.

And I'd draw the same horse's head over and over again.

My mother used to draw the whole horse.

Then she'd encourage using other media than pencil, like maybe watercolor paints, doing different...

Always a broadening.

You know, if a kid is fixated on a certain type of truck, then let's say there's other kinds of trucks.

There's other trains other than Thomas the Tank Engine.

You want to broaden it.

And you can tap into that fixation but broaden and develop the area of strength.

And so I had a good time in elementary school.

High school was a disaster of bullying and teasing, just a disaster.

And the reason I got through primary school or elementary school without bullying is Mrs. Deitch, the head teacher, told the other students that I had a disability that was not visible like a wheelchair.

They explained that to the other children.

So I managed to get through sixth grade up to 12 years old without being bullied.