In this first part of my conversation with Temple Grandin, we go right back to the beginning — her childhood, her early experiences of being misunderstood, and the moment that changed everything.
This episode is about what happens when adults stop deciding what a child can’t do and start assuming capacity instead. Not competence. Capacity. There’s a difference, and it matters more than most systems are willing to admit. In this series, Temple shares how animals shaped her thinking, how visual reasoning became her strength, and why support, timing, and environment can alter a life trajectory without needing to “fix” a person first. We talk autism, education, misunderstanding, and the long tail of childhood experiences that follow people into adulthood — for better or worse.
This is part one of a longer conversation and it sets the foundation for everything that follows. If you work with children, raise neurodivergent kids, design systems, teach, lead, or simply want to think more carefully about human potential, start here.
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