Temple Grandin
Born: 1947-08-29
• Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the hug machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons.
Grandin is listed in the 2010 Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the category “Heroes”.
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Filmography
An Open Door
Farm and Red Moon
Patterns of Evidence: Journey to Mount Sinai
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
This Business of Autism
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Spectrum: A Story of the Mind
Speciesism: The Movie
The Horse Boy
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The Boy Inside
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The Spectrum of Autism
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A Is for Autism
The Dying Trade