Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin an animal scientist who achieved many things while being on the autism spectrum has become famous for all those achievements. Being on the autism spectrum wasn’t easy for her. She struggled in school and at home but that didn’t stop her. Temple Grandin has written many books and invented and designed many things for livestock handling systems for animals. Achieving all that she has she effected many people and has inspired them to do more research on autism and handling systems.…

In the autobiography a dog named Max was trained to “monitor his mistress’s blood level while she was awake or asleep (Grandin, pg 154, pp 5).” Max is a very caring dog who trained himself to do this and in the article it mentions that no one knows how he was able to do this, except that he must’ve smelled a difference when the blood level was high or low. Max’s owner is…

companions, and they are man’s and woman’s best friend. The animals can be known as helpful guides to their owners. In the autobiography, Dogs Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson, it says, “That would be good for people, because there are a lot of things we can’t do that animals can. We could use their help. (Grandin, Temple, pg 153, pp 2).” This could be…

academic career, but in their struggle to interact with other people. AS has its challenges, but that does not mean that they are impossible to overcome. Temple Grandin firmly believes that it is possible to work through some of the challenges that can arise from an autism spectrum disorder and says that she is “living proof” that it is possible (Temple…

animals is that how we perceive the world around us. A book that explains how animals see the world is written by Temple Grandin. The book was first published in 2005 by Mariner Books in New York and Boston. In Chapter 2: How Animals Perceive the World, Temple Grandin explains and inform us in detail on the things that scare the animals because of how they see things around them. In Temple Grandin’s book, “Animals in Translation,” she uses context, substance, organization, and logos to inform…

Temple Grandin once said “Autism is a part of who I am.” Not that autism defines her or controls her, but it is a part of her. Ms. Grandin was diagnosed with autism at the age of 4. Her mother realized something was wrong when she didn’t want to talk or show affection towards her instead she would rather push her mommy away. Throughout her article of “My Mind is a Web Browser: How People with Autism Think”, she tries to explain how she sees and thinks which is rather different from the…

In the book Animals In Translation by Temple Grandin has two overall messages. One of these overall messages is the idea of the why people with autism function, the next message is that animals need to be treated humanely and ethically. Temple Grandin starts off the book by explain how she came about this idea that people with autism think in pictures rather than in words. She explains how when she was younger she went to a special school where they had animals and everyday she would go out to…

British neurologist’s Oliver Sack’s first publishes Temple Grandin’s case study in The New Yorker magazine (Sacks, 1993), and then includes in his book ‘An Anthropologist in Mars’ (Sacks, 1995). This case study offers the reader an empathetic yet compassionate insight into day to day challenges experienced with living with autism from the perspective of World renowned Autism advocate and American Professor of Animal Science, Temple Grandin PH.D. Grandin compares herself to ‘An anthropologist on…

don’t have to endure any whether condition that they may pass through with no protection and little ventilation. In the video “Video Tour of a Pork Plant Featuring Temple Grandin” by the American Meat Institute Temple Grandin explains that the truck used to transport the pigs has different panel settings to accommodate the season. Grandin says “This particular truck is equipped with plastic panels that they can slide in here depending upon the weather” (AMI). So in the winter the trucks have…

Temple Grandin, a PH.D. professor at CSU who is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), illustrates in the beginning of her book, “The Autistic Brain,” the progression of the diagnosis of ASD, pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), and AS. She continues…