Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin: Autistic Animal Scientist “Autism is part of who I am.” Temple Grandin, an autistic scientist, has made multiple discoveries and is still affecting the animal rights community in positive ways because of her autistic mind. Autism is a severe disorder of brain function that interferes with the ability to understand what is seen, heard, and touched (Fredericks 14-15). The physical symptoms of autism include meaningless repetition of words or phrases, impaired speech, inability to…

Dr. Temple Grandin is a women who born with Autism Spectrum Disorder. His book takes the reader into her mind. She gives detailed stories about her childhood, teenage years and college life with autism. She never once in her novel used her autism as an excuse to not achieve her true potential. Dr. Grandin also gives the reader personal stories on how hard it was to grow up different. How in school kids would pick on her and call her dumb and stupid. Dr. Grandin Gives the reader with first person…

Temple Grandin An inventor, scientist, and writer, Temple Grandin, has inspired people and created a less stressful environment for animals around the world. She helped people understand what it is like to have autism, and designed livestock systems which were kinder and less frightening for animals. Temple Grandin had a unique way of caring for animals, studying the correlation between animal and human minds and assisting both autistic people along with others around them. To begin with,…

In the forward of *Thinking in Pictures,* renowned British neurologist, Oliver Sacks, describes Temple Grandin's work as "a deeply moving and fascinating book because it provides a bridge between our world and hers, and allows us a glimpse into a quite other sort of mind." (xviii) Grandin's writings offers readers a rare and luminously clear account of her internal world. Her mind seems to function in distinctly different ways than those of non-autistics, and these differences are both…

less.-Temple Grandin ” This quote relates to Temple Grandin because cows helped her see how to handle her stress when she was around them. Temple Grandin was an Autistic woman who thinks in words and pictures. She related to cows and was able to understand their actions, she redesigned most slaughterhouses in the US to be more humane through the slaughter process. She saw how cows calm down and tried it for herself, it worked and she made a machine for humans that did the same…

Who is Temple Grandin? Temple Grandin is the creator of the most peaceful way a cow is transported to the slaughter house. It all ties back to her autism, as a kid she would see things through a cow's eyes, which made her able to create a system that cows can comfortably and safely transport to a slaughter house. She could see things that threw a cow such as what makes the cow uncomfortable and stop the heard from moving forward. It’s amazing how she is tied closely in a connection with these…

Temple Grandin is an expert on animal behavior who designed human handling systems for half the cattle-processing facilities in the US, and consults with the meat industry to develop animal welfare guidelines. She was rewarded in 2004 by PETA. Time Magazine listed her as one of its most important people of the year due to her achievements of decreasing the amount of fear and pain that animals experience in their final hours. Grandin created a ted talk to spread autism awareness. In her ted…

Temple Grandin has become widely known for her advocacy of autism and throughout the book describes medications, new treatment, and advice for teaching and mentoring those with autism. However, treatment can be controversial, overwhelming for a family and provide a false hope for a total cure. Grandin explains that there are many new drug treatments that can be helpful for those with autism, especially for problems that occur after puberty. However, she explains many medical professionals do not…

people think of the subject as a savage animal that should be euthanized at worst and an illiterate idiot who can’t even feed themselves at best. People want to get rid of autism altogether, with that label as part of the reason why. However, like Temple says “people are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.” and by that she most likely means that there isn’t always going to be a solution to every problem, there might be…

Temple Grandin is a biopic movie produced by Scott Ferguson, that was released on February 6, 2010. Temple Grandin (starring actress Claire Danes) was born August 29th, 1947. The film depicts her life as an autistic child growing up in a world, that at the time knew little about autism and/or how to handle it. Ferguson makes an effort to clearly capture the feelings and behavior as well as the profound effect that her behavior has on her family and community, as well as disprove the common…