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Temple Grandin

How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World

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Temple Grandin

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
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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.

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I enjoyed this book, and learned a lot about Autism and how and why Autistic people think and act the way they do. I also learned a lot about cattle. Temples's life and success in her career, in spite of and because of her Autism, was amazing to learn about, and my admiration for her grew after learning more about her struggles.

Good insight into the thoughts of an Autistic pers

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Everyone should listen to this amazing story; I was left awestruck at what she has accomplished!
I will be looking for a full biography of her & looking to read some of the many books she has written.

Amazing!

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What an astonishing and enriching tale. While this biography of tells us the story of how a great mind was hidden behind the common misunderstanding of autism, the bigger story becomes apparent as Temple’s life shows us that without thinking different, the quality of all humanity suffers. Her love of animals may be her motivation but her mind’s persistence, her engineering focused brain and her ability to see simple solutions clearly may just have provided the push toward humane treatment of animals our industrialized farm system is heading toward. This story is both heartwarming and eye opening.

Being different.

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good story telling
lessons for us all
shows the need for diversity in the world

amazing and inspiring life!

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Very insightful I really liked it! Also love her compassion for life and children and animals

Read this to understand about the autistic mind in the behaviors behind it

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she mentioned that her frontal cortex was smaller than average and her visual cortex was 400%bigger than an average neurotypical brain.

interesting brain facts about her

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Just right length. Very Meaty! So impressed and inspired by this woman’s life. Would listen again. So tender.

Very Satisfying

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Animals make us human. A wonderful story about taking time to understand the living world around us.

Wow!

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This is a wonderful and inspiring book. I originally saw the movie, but was thrilled when I saw Audible had the book.The narrator did a great job also. I am so pleased to find so many really good books thru Audible.

excellent

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Like many people,I have seen the HBO movie about Temple Grandin and was fascinated by ir. found it fascinating.big had never heard of high functioning autism before, . I set about to learn about asp burgers Syndrome by reading books and articles online. I am certain.I know people who deal with high functioning.autism.successfully as Temple . This book seems to be written for students . there I is a.nice forewarned and a grat.epilogue provided by Temple. the epilogue gives advice on how to have a successful life although suffering from high functioning autism. I would recommend this book to students in highschool, especially if they are somehow considered "special need" or are students struggling with school and especially younger people who deal with teasing. because they learn differently than other.

Encouraging true.story.

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