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Introduction
Temple Grandin was born on August 29, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was diagnosed with autism at age two (Dobbs), however, Temple didn't start talking until age three (Brennan). Grandin's mom was very motivated to get Temple the help she needed (Dobbs). Grandin had a very hard time communicating; just like a lot of people with autism. Her mom sent her to a speech therapy and even hired a nanny to play with Temple and Temple's sister to get her social skills to improve (Dobbs). -
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Her mom even hired a nanny to play with Temple and her sister to help improve her social skills (Dobbs). "Even though she was considered "weird" in her young school years, she eventually found a mentor, who recognized her interests and abilities" (Grandin and Cutler). In one of her videos I watched, she was talking about how important it is to find someone that recogninzes her intersts, so that one day it can develop into a career, which is what happened to Grandin with animals (University). -
Interests
Temple graduated from Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire (Dobbs). She earned her livestock handling at Arizona state. While being interested in animals, she figured out that cattle have some of the same signs as autistic people, when their stress level are high (Brennan).This fascinated her and made her look more into the process of when the cattle are being slaughtered (Dobbs). -
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When cattle are going to be slaughtered, they freak out and go crazy. Temple wanted to desigh a way where they do not freak out (Dobbs). She went back to school to learn more. -
"Emergence" and "Thinking in Picture"
Temple is the author of the book, "Emergence" which is an autobiography. Another book she wrote is, "Thinking in Picture", which is about her life with autism (Grandin and Cutler). -
Hard work paying off
In 1989, at University of Illinois, Grandin got her doctorate. She got better handling animals. "She has now designed the facilities in which half the cattle are handled in the United States, consulting for firms such as Burger King, McDonald's, Swift, and others."(Grandin and Cutler). Her doctorate helped her get to the next step with her idea to help the process of slaughtering cattle (Brennan). -
"Animals in Translation" and "Developing Talents"
Grandin wrote a book called, "Animals in Translation" by using her autism to know how the cattle were feeling (Grandin and Cutler). She also co-wrote a book with Kate Duffy, about careers for people who have autism or asperger called, "Developing Talents". She mentions in a speech about how important it is to nurture those talents because they can become careers in the future (The World Needs). -
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and she received five out of the 15. "Later in 2010, Grandin was named to TIME's Top 100 most influential people in the world" (Dobbs). -
What is Temple doing today?
"Dr. Grandin presently works as a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. She also speaks around the world on both autism and cattle handling" (Grandin and Cutler). Temple is still writing and she recently wrote an article with Richard Panek. It was about how people overlook how the autistic brain is wired differently and what the advantages are (Grandin and Panek).
