Temple Grandin
ActingBorn: 1947-08-29Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the hug machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons. Grandin is listed in the 2010 Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the category “Heroes”. Description above from the Wikipedia article Temple Grandin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Self
An Open Door
Self
The Horse Boy
Herself (as Dr. Temple Grandin)
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Self
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
Self
Farm and Red Moon
The Dying Trade
Self
Patterns of Evidence: Journey to Mount Sinai
Self
No Image
The Spectrum of Autism
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Spectrum: A Story of the Mind
Herself