Book TV: In Depth: Temple Grandin

Author, autism advocate, and animal scientist Temple Grandin was our guest for In Depth on November 1, 2009. Ms. Grandin is the author of over eight books, including Thinking In Pictures: My Life with Autism, Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, and The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's. Temple Grandin is an animal science professor at Colorado State University and a consultant and designer of livestock handling facilities. She was diagnosed as autistic in 1950.

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[MrsBambi1]

kgaccount -- you are incorrect on this matter. As a child Temple was severly Autistic and non-verbal. What you may be confused by is her statement that her present behaviour "seems" more along the lines of Asperger's. However, as defined by the current diagnostic manual, or DSM-IV the distintion between Autism and Asperber's has to do with delay in speach. This may change when the DSM-V comes out in 2013. You may find it helpful to research thoroughly before trying to make an arguement.

[davi0220]

good movie!

[gnulebin]

impressive and deeply interesting. thank you for posting this.

[1toRespectReggae]

This woman is a genius. I could talk to her all day. What She did for livestock is pretty impressive. She also invented her own machine to calm herself down. Smart lady.

[DeadlyTeaParty]

@JohnSakars She is campaigning for more kinder animal killing! She looks out for their wellbeing in the slaughter plants!

And it IS normal for people to eat meat, our closet relatives the chimpanzees eat meat to this very day!

Today some people like to leave meat out of their diet, but originally humans eat meat all the time in the cave periods!

You're the brainwashed hippie more like it!! Stupid! Go back to school loser!

[AfterlifeNDE]

wow she does not even seem Autistic. This lady truly cares for animals.

[RnBramwell]

@MrsBambi1

kgaccount was stating an opinion that you did not really show was wrong. Right or wrong, he was polite. You end your comment with 82 characters of pointless and undeserved bile - never lower yourself so much for so little again.

[flamepeace]

i lke hers t-shirts

[xx1527]

Don,t forget Ms Grandin,,WE NEED HELP FOR THE HORSE-SLAUGHTER! Not just the cattle, because, horses are flight animals and unskilled employes, who work in these holes, have no clue, how to treat horses. Although, i,m against horse-slaughter, gouverments are higher then me,,, and they to need some ass-kicking, if you ask me. Horses are being slaughtered half the times, alive! PLZ HELP. tks so much and keep up your good work in educating stupid humains on animal welfare. Merci

[ladaylove]

@IntoTheDarkWood excuse me but I disagree with you completely as a parent of a girl with autism don't tell me that there are not set backs with Autism! I get so sick of people trying to tell others what they are or are not.  I pray for my girl to be high functioning as Temple Grandin

[RockleeNinjaPenguin]

@JohnSakars thats dumb, animals eat other animals, ex. Lion eating Zebra. Isn't it natural and necessary for the Lion? and aren't animals equal to humans? so it should be natural and necessary for us....

[JohnSakars]

It's a shame that she's using her talent to murder animals. She's a victim of carnism. She was brainwashed to believe that eating animals is normal, natural and necessary. Fortunately, we now know that we don't need to eat any animal products to be healthy. I hope one day she learns to see the error of her ways. I hope she becomes a vegan! It's ridiculous that in the year 2010, people are still killing animals. Go vegan!