Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin has revolutionized the treatment of animals and has been a role model for the Autistic community. She was born with autism and has persevered through her mental disability to be a world renowned business woman and an American doctor of animal science. Temple teaches an undergraduate class and a graduate class for Colorado State University. She is a bestselling author of the following books: “Different… Not Less” “The Way I See It” “Animals Make Us Human” and many more are some of her best-selling books. She has a huge impact on many families and she betters the lives of animals.
Temple Grandin’s early life was about learning to accept her mental disorder. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1947 and at the age of two she was diagnosed with Autism and was thought to be suffering from brain damage. Her parents were wealthy which in return led to better education for Temple and better speech therapists that she could talk to and develop mentally. Temple began speaking at the age of four which is three years later than the average. She continued through school and ended up graduating from Hampshire Country School and went on to get her undergraduate’s degree in 1970 from Franklin Pierce College. After obtaining her diploma from Franklin Pierce College she went on to attend Arizona State University for her graduate’s degree.
Temple Grandin’s career is a success; she is known for many different things and therefore is widely recognized as different faces for certain organizations. She promotes rights for animals that are going to the slaughter. She is a popular speaker and is very widely known for being the face of Autism and the fight against animal’s torture before slaughter.
"I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to give those animals a decent life, and we've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect." This is a quote from Temple