What Was Temple's Accomplishments

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Temple was diagnosed with autism as a young child, But she overcame the expectations of others and became one of the most well-known animal scientist in America. She was born on August, 29 1947 in Boston, MA. She has won over 20 awards since she became an animal scientist.
As a young child Grandin dreaded the sound of the school bell unlike most kids who loved hearing it. She found loud, sharp, or ringing sounds very irritating. Temple found that most ordinary sensations were almost torture for her. The stretchy that was pulled over her ears made her head fell like it was caught in vise clamps, wearing new clothes would make her feel like she was being scratched by sandpaper, even wearing a stiff petticoat beneath her church dress to church

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