Temple Grandin

About Temple Grandin

Professor of animal science and advocate for improved livestock conditions. She was one of the first public personalities to open up about her autism diagnosis, and she invented the"hug box", a device to help autistic children relax.

Mary Temple Grandin is an American scientist and activist. She is a well-known proponent of the humane treatment of slaughter animals and is the author of over 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a breeding consultant, where she advises on animal behavior and is also a spokesperson for autism. Grandin was one of the first people on the autism spectrum to record the information she learned from her personal experience with autism. She is currently a lecturer in animal science at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. In 2010, Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, named her in the “Hero” category. She was the subject of the semi-biographical film Temple Grandin, winner of an Emmy and Golden Globe award. Grandin was a strong advocate for autism rights and neurodiversity movements.

Institutions	Colorado State University
Known for	Livestock industry consultancy, Autism rights activism
Born	Mary Temple Grandin, August 29, 1947, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Fields	Animal science, autism rights
Alma mater	Franklin Pierce University (BA), Arizona State University (MS), University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (PhD)

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Trivia

She is a best-selling author on the subject of animal welfare, and in 2010 she was listed in the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the "Heroes" category.

Temple Grandin before fame

She was diagnosed with autism when she was two years old and went on to get a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Achievement of Temple Grandin

She is a best-selling book on animal welfare, and she was named to Time magazine's list of the 100 most important people in the world in the"Heroes" category in 2010.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$1 Million

Temple Grandin family life

Her mother, Eustacia Cutler, authored a divisive piece for The Daily Beast linking autistic men to the use of X-rated children's movies.

Associations of Temple Grandin

Claire Danes played her in a film based on her life that aired on HBO.

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