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Author Temple Grandin looks at how 'The Autistic Brain' sees the world differently.

Acclaimed animal welfare expert and advocate Dr. Temple Grandin will speak at UVM Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 11:30 a.m. in Ira Allen Chapel. Her lecture, free and open to the public, will focus on understanding animal behavior and humane livestock farming. In 2010, Time magazine named...

Temple Grandin firmly believes "we’ve got to give the animals we use for food a life worth living." So, the animal behavioral specialist has built humane handling systems for half the cattle-processing facilities in the United States. Hear about her challenges and triumphs: http://aol.it/1yiyNMD

An autistic woman becomes an unlikely hero to America's cattle industry--and to autistic people everywhere--in this fact-based story.

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play; I'm always in a play.

As a scientist, as a clinician, as an author, and as a parent, observation is one of my most important skills. The tools and perspective we use to observe the world shape our thinking – and in turn…

"The world needs different kinds of minds to work together." -Dr. Temple Grandin #ideasworthspreading #TEDxChapmanU