Temple Grandin
How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
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Temple Grandin
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Narrated by:
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Meredith Mitchell
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By:
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Sy Montgomery
About this listen
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn’t until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career has revolutionized the livestock industry - each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she has designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have “normal” lives.
To achieve this unprecedented success, Temple used a unique ability: she thinks visually, the same way animals do. Because she thinks in pictures, she can see the world as a cow, or a dog, or a pig might see it. And so she knows that animals raised for food deserve good lives and should be treated with respect. Now she gives them their voices.
©2012 Sy Montgomery (P)2012 AudioGOWhat listeners say about Temple Grandin
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- Lesley Smit
- 29-07-2022
Great story, what a wonderful woman.
Great story. what a wonderful attitude to life. Her quotes No door is ever closed you just have to find a way round it. has become a mantra for me.
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- Adam Duncan
- 19-11-2023
Outdated and stereotyped info on Autism
Hearing about Temple’s life and achievements was great, but the information about Autism itself especially in the beginning chapters is incorrect, out of date and offensively written. At best it patronises NDers with “super power” rhetoric at times, but mostly it generalises us as subpar and literally compares our brains to those of animals multiple times, referencing incorrect stereotypes about empathy and communication.
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- Laura
- 07-08-2023
Dangerously ableist
Information about Temple is wonderful, but the ableism is harrowing. “….one would never know she was shy, let alone autistic”. The whole theme is that she’s “overcome her autism”. Autists take care if you want to read this book, it’s full of ignorant, unkind and harmful stereotypes and beliefs.
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- Julia Bee
- 05-01-2023
Disappointing
Not as much story on Temples life and a lot of dated research on Autism. I wouldn’t recommend.
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