糖心原创

***This event counts as an Honors Dialogue Event.

Professor of animal science, best-selling author, and Autism activist

September 9, 2015

7 p.m. Lecture
糖心原创 Nutter Center Arena

5:30 p.m. Public Reception

Co-sponsored with Office of聽Disability Services

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., didn鈥檛 talk until she was three and a half years old, communicating her frustration instead by screaming, peeping, and humming. In 1950, she was diagnosed with autism and her parents were told she should be institutionalized. Grandin tells her story of 鈥済roping her way from the far side of darkness鈥� in her book that stunned the world,听Emergence: Labeled Autistic. Until its publication, many professionals and parents assumed an autism diagnosis was a virtual death sentence to achievement and productivity.

Though considered 鈥渨eird鈥� during her young school years, she eventually found a mentor who recognized her interests and abilities. Grandin later developed her talents into a successful career as one of the world鈥檚 very few livestock-handling equipment designers. She has designed the facilities in which half the cattle in the United States are handled, consulting for firms such as Burger King, McDonald鈥檚, Swift, and others.

Grandin earned a B.A. from Franklin Pierce College, an M.S. in animal science from Arizona State University, and a Ph.D. in animal science from the University of Illinois. She is currently a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, teaching courses that focus on livestock behavior and facility design. She has authored more than 400 articles about animal handling, welfare, and facility design in scientific journals and livestock periodicals.

She has been featured on National Public Radio, major television programs such as the聽BBC听蝉辫别肠颈补濒听The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow, ABC鈥檚聽Primetime Live,听The Today Show,听Larry King Live,听48 Hours, and聽20/20, and has been written about in national publications such asTime,听People,听Forbes,听U.S. News & World Report, and聽The New York Times. Bravo Cable broadcast a profile and she was featured in the book聽Anthropologist from Mars.

Grandin鈥檚 current bestselling book on autism is聽The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger鈥檚. She also authored聽Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships,听Animals Make Us Human,听Animals in Translation,听Thinking in Pictures,听Emergence: Labeled Autistic, and has produced several DVDs.

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