Most people with autism can’t communicate to the world about how it feels to suffer from this disorder, which is why the work of Temple Grandin is so important and inspirational for the autism community. One of the most well-known and accomplished adults with autism in the world, Grandin didn’t talk until she was three and half years old and when she was diagnosed her parents were told she should be institutionalized. Her book “Emergence: Labeled Autistic” stunned the world with its message of hope for those with autism at a time when most professionals and parents assumed an autism diagnosis meant a life of impassable barriers to achievement. Besides speaking and writing, Dr. Grandin designs livestock handling equipment and facilities and currently works as a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.
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Temple Grandin, author of The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s. Her other books include Animals Make us Human, Thinking in Pictures, Animals in Translation, and Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships.