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Different, But Not Less
Temple Grandin was born on August 29th, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father was a real estate agent and her mother was a writer, singer and actress who dedicated her life to improve Grandin’s life. Once she was four, she was diagnosed with autism, which is a developmental brain disorder. In those years, nobody believed that she could get proper education, but her mother didn’t give up and tried hard. In her early years, she revealed the classic symptoms of the condition. She suffered from temper tantrums when someone touched or held her. She couldn’t speak until she was three. She was lucky because her mother continued looking for the best care and instruction for her daughter. Even though her family sent her to the best schools, it was difficult for her to interact wih her peers because she was bullied and made fun of her verbal tics during high school. However, this condition couldn’t let Grandin down. In the 1950s, autistic children were diagnosed as being developmentally disabled and brain damaged. Despite her parents being suggested medical operation for their daughter, they kept up to look for a therapist. The therapist recommended her a speech therapy and came up with such a dull program that she would enrol day and night. Also, they hired a caregiver whose duty was to play with Grandin and keep her from receding into a corner. Besides, she found a school with sympathetic staff who wanted to work with a child with special needs. All these efforts made a significant breakthrough in her life and it pulled her out of the isolationist shell of autism. One day, she was incredibly stressed with the rotating
objects and the noise among her peers, she ran to her aunt’s cow barn. She found out the squeeze chute which is used to calm animals down. She loved it because this device helped her to get rid of her fears and attacks. Then, she built her own squeeze chute in her room. Her science teacher realised her interest in animal science and encouraged her to study in this field. She had a goal to become a scientist. Years later, she went after her dreams and made an important innovation. She developed a version of squeeze chute which would be used to make animals not to move. In spite of all the difficulties, Grandin accomplished noticeable academic success. She got a degree in Psychology in 1970. And, she carried out her research in animal science at Arizona State University, earned a doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois. Many largest fast-food corporations started to implement her handling eqipment design and asked her consultancy for the meat industry. Publicly, she has become famous after Oliver Sack’s book that he wrote about her feelings in social environment. Since then, she has been invited to give speeches about autism at the foundation of the Autism Society of America.In 2010, she was featured in a film that received five nominations in Emmy awards. Now, she lives in Colorado and is an associate professor at Colorado State University. She urges that the autism should be viewed in such a non-afflicted way that we could emphasise talent rather than the disability.