When she had a new goal of becoming a scientist, she had a reason for studying. Carlock, her science teacher, was an important mentor who encouraged her interest in science. The only place she had friends was activities where there was a shared interest such as horses, electronics, or model rockets.

When she was young, she was considered weird and teased and bullied in high school. HBO made an Emmy Award winning movie about her life and she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. Grandin have appeared in Time Magazine, New York Times, Discover Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. She has also appeared on National TV shows such as Larry King Live, 20/20, Sixty Minutes, Fox and Friends, and she has a 2010 TED talk. She has been featured on NPR (National Public Radio) and a BBC Special – 'The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow'. She also has a successful career consulting on both livestock handling equipment design and animal welfare. Today she is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Grandin became a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior. Grandin in his best selling book Anthropologist on Mars.ĭr. Oliver Sacks wrote in the forward of Thinking in Pictures that her first book Emergence: Labeled Autistic was “unprecedented because there had never before been an inside narrative of autism.” Dr. She was mainstreamed into a normal kindergarten at age five. Her teachers also taught her how to wait and take turns when playing board games. She was fortunate to get early speech therapy. Grandin did not talk until she was three and a half years old. Temple Grandin of CSU Named One of the Top 10 College Professors in the Countryĭr. Grandin, but help expand the impact that she has had on the welfare of livestock and the understanding of autismĭr. The artist, David Anderson, said, “We hope that this display will not only honor Dr.

Grandin, a CSU professor of animal sciences and renowned animal behaviorist and autism activist, recalled just how important that trait was during her early years in the industry.

“I think what’s really important is inspiring students to persevere,” said Grandin at a recent celebration for the bronze sculpture. Temple has been honored with a sculpture housed within the JBS Global Food Innovation Center on the Colorado State University Campus.

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