Temple Grandin’s mother shares message of hope
April 1st, 2009
From the Detroit Free Press:
Eustacia Cutler, 82, travels around the country giving speeches and offering hope to the families of children with autism.
She raised her daughter, Temple Grandin, during an era when many children with disabilities were institutionalized. Grandin, who has autism, is a best-selling author and a professor at Colorado State University.
Through love and determination, not to mention the help of some amazing teachers, Cutler pulled her child out from behind those baby blue eyes. “I was going to pull her to me,” Cutler said. “I was going to pull her into the world with me.”
… “Temple is a smart girl who has overcome a severe disability,” Cutler says. “What I think is important for people to understand is we are not going to cure autism. What we can do is help our children be fulfilled.”
(Family photo from the Detroit Free Press)

