I don’t like the terminology of the “autism spectrum” and the snake oil cures that celebrities like to flaunt. (Excerpted from Temple Grandin's Official Autism Website) She also speaks around the world on both autism and cattle handling. Grandin presently works as a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. She has now designed the facilities in which half the cattle are handled in the United States, consulting for firms such as Burger King, McDonald's, Swift, and others.ĭr. Grandin later developed her talents into a successful career as a livestock-handling equipment designer, one of very few in the world. She tells her story of "groping her way from the far side of darkness" in her book Emergence: Labeled Autistic, a book which stunned the world because, until its publication, most professionals and parents assumed that an autism diagnosis was virtually a death sentence to achievement or productivity in life.Įven though she was considered "weird" in her young school years, she eventually found a mentor, who recognized her interests and abilities. In 1950, she was diagnosed with autism and her parents were told she should be institutionalized. Temple Grandin, Ph.D., didn't talk until she was three and a half years old, communicating her frustration instead by screaming, peeping, and humming.
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