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Mary Temple Grandin is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior.
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culture · American academic and autism activist (born 1947) · zoologist · writer · activist · non-fiction writer · university teacher · screenwriter · veterinarian · docent · also Temple Grandin, Dr. Temple Grandin, Grandin
Born 29 August 1947 · Q232810
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Public attention spiked: 6,156 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 1,715, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Temple Grandin lecture at OSU draws 300 producers, students” (Ravalli Republic).
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Ravalli Republic: Temple Grandin lecture at OSU draws 300 producers, students
Daily American Republic: Grandin welcomes Willow Bee’s and J & M Tire and Automotive
Hoodline: Jeff Corwin, Temple Grandin Headline OKC's Biggest Animal Welfare Summit Yet
Yahoo: Jeff Corwin, Temple Grandin set as keynotes for OKC ANIMAL Conference
KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2: Temple Grandin to deliver keynote at College of the Siskiyous
Grandin was honored with the National Portrait Gallery's Portrait of a Nation Award
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Yahoo: Temple Grandin's Best Advice for Preparing Autistic Adults for the Workplace
CBS News: Temple Grandin's new children's book uplifts young kids who think differently
Forbes: Why Temple Grandin Believes Visual Thinkers Can Pursue An Impactful Career
Grandin was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Iowa State University and was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University
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Author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Chris Eliopoulos released the children's book I am Temple Grandin as a part of the "Ordinary People Change the World" series
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“In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive.”
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Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (2020).
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Grandin was profiled in the book Rescuing Ladybugs by author and animal advocate Jennifer Skiff as a "global hero" for "standing her ground and fighting for change after witnessing the extreme mistreatment of animals" us
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Grandin was featured in the documentary This Business of Autism, which explored autism employment and the success story of autism employers such as Spectrum Designs Foundation and was produced by Mesh Omnimedia
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Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017).
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Grandin was the focus of a children's book by author Julia Finlay Mosca titled The Girl Who Thought In Pictures, A Story of Temple Grandin
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Grandin was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
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Grandin was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Was named an honorary fellow of the Society for Technical Communication
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Forbes: Understanding Temple Grandin And More: Behind The Scenes Of A Reddit AMA
In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Awarded Colorado Women's Hall of Fame (2012).
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Grandin was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, the Texas Trail of Fame, and the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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“I could laugh about it now, but back then it really hurt.”
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When the American beef industry was struggling with public perception of its use and sale of pink slime, Grandin spoke out in support of the food product
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"I could laugh about it now, but back then it really hurt
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Grandin was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship
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Was featured in an episode of the Science documentary series Ingenious Minds
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Inside Higher Ed: Temple Grandin and Learning Technology
Disability Scoop: HBO’s ‘Temple Grandin’ Offers Inside Look At Autism
Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, named her in the "Heroes" category
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Grandin was named in the Time 100 list of the one hundred most influential people in the world, in the "Heroes" category
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Grandin published Humane Livestock Handling with contributions by Mark Deesing, a long time collaborator of hers
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By Colourfield Tell-A-Vision, a German company
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Had realized that it had been wrong to presume that every person with autism processed information in the same way she did
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Grandin won a "Proggy" award in the "Visionary" category, from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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When the paper was published, this was a new concept
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The neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote at the end of the foreword that the book provided "a bridge between our world and hers, and allows us to glimpse into a quite other sort of mind
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Believed that all individuals with autism thought in photographic-specific images the way she did
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Edited the first edition of Livestock Handling and Transport
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And has been teaching in the Department of Animal Sciences there ever since
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And "Transferring results of behavioral research to industry to improve animal welfare on the farm, ranch, and slaughter plant", Applied Animal Behavior Science, Vol
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Grandin published her first two scientific articles on beef cattle behavior during handling: "Livestock Behavior as Related to Handling Facilities Design" in the International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems, Vo
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Grandin went on to earn her bachelor's degree in human psychology from Franklin Pierce College in 1970, a master's degree in animal science from Arizona State University in 1975, and a doctoral degree in animal science f
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When Grandin was 18 years old
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By Boston child psychologist Henry Patey for the students of "exceptional potential (gifted) that have not been successful in a typical setting
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Born 1947-08-29.
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