Mary Temple Gradin is an American professor of animal science at Colorado State University, a best-selling author, an autistic activist and a consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. Temple was born on August 29 in the year 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts. The disability that Temple has is autism, which she was diagnosed at the age of two and the doctor suggested for her to be put in speech therapy and she didn't begin her speech development until the age of four. Temple's behavior was always very active she always wanted to figure things out and help people even though she was scared of doors that opened by themselves. Grandin says that "the part of other people that has emotional relationships is not part of me" and she is neither married nor has any children.
Temple had many difficulties in life, but she achieved considerable academic success. Grandin earned a degree in psychology from Franklin Pierce College in 1970, followed by a masters degree in animal science from Arizona State University and a doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When Temple see's a door open she pics and gets scared to go through it because she might get caught in between. Temple Grandin designed a "hug box", a device to calm those on the autism spectrum, she also helped animals such as cows and horses. Temple Grandin was a writer she, wrote books about animals such as "Animals Make Us Humans" and books for people to read of autism such as "The Autistic Brain: Thinking across the spectrum" and many more best selling books. Temple was also an inventor she invented many of the animal handling devices in the world today such as helping cows step onto a certain angle to go into the water and swim across to the other side.
Even though Temple wasn't understood was laughed at extensively she was surrounded by two close friends in her life, who were Dr. Carlock and Betty her blind roommate . Temple uses her "hug box" which she invented to calm herself down and this was compared to what people would use to calm the cattle down the way they were confined in a squeeze chute for inoculation, and how some of the cattle immediately calmed down after pressure was administered. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and lives in Colorado. When you see obstacles as opportunities and allowing yourself to learn it will allow you to grow profusely. When you come upon the same obstacle, you will have the knowledge of what to do in that certain situation and be able to overcome it. It will as well prepare you to be a stronger person; mentally and emotionally to strive to be exceptional.
Temple had many difficulties in life, but she achieved considerable academic success. Grandin earned a degree in psychology from Franklin Pierce College in 1970, followed by a masters degree in animal science from Arizona State University and a doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When Temple see's a door open she pics and gets scared to go through it because she might get caught in between. Temple Grandin designed a "hug box", a device to calm those on the autism spectrum, she also helped animals such as cows and horses. Temple Grandin was a writer she, wrote books about animals such as "Animals Make Us Humans" and books for people to read of autism such as "The Autistic Brain: Thinking across the spectrum" and many more best selling books. Temple was also an inventor she invented many of the animal handling devices in the world today such as helping cows step onto a certain angle to go into the water and swim across to the other side.
Even though Temple wasn't understood was laughed at extensively she was surrounded by two close friends in her life, who were Dr. Carlock and Betty her blind roommate . Temple uses her "hug box" which she invented to calm herself down and this was compared to what people would use to calm the cattle down the way they were confined in a squeeze chute for inoculation, and how some of the cattle immediately calmed down after pressure was administered. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and lives in Colorado. When you see obstacles as opportunities and allowing yourself to learn it will allow you to grow profusely. When you come upon the same obstacle, you will have the knowledge of what to do in that certain situation and be able to overcome it. It will as well prepare you to be a stronger person; mentally and emotionally to strive to be exceptional.