Temple Grandin

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/24/magazine/temple-grandin-interview.html

I get an email from a parent: Thank you so much. My kid is employed now because I read one of your books. That is a little piece of the meaning of life right there. That’s something that I did. I also think, having spent so many years in heavy commercial construction, it’s about finishing a project and making it work. I take that same approach to working with some of these autistic kids. If a smart autistic kid ends up on a disability check playing video games all day, that’s a failed project compared with, let’s say, he could learn a skilled trade and now owns a metal fabrication shop.