Temple Grandin Research Paper

Julianna Cretella 10/19/16
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism during a time when the disorder was less understood than it is today. Temples parents were told to put her in an institution but they did not do that because they loved and cared for her. She learned how to connect with animals and become a livestock specialist. Temple went through a lot during her career but the biggest problem she had to go through was sexism. In having to prove her worth as a person with autism, she also had to deal with harassment and people being biased against her for being the one of the only female scientists in the livestock industry.
Temple Grandin grew up with poor social and communication skills, she had a learning disability and was always repetitive. Her

She struggled her way through school because her brain was not able to think the way “normal students” did and they made fun of her.
Temple hit a turning point in life when she went to the farm with her aunt. On the farm, she fell in love with the cattle and felt an empathy for them that she couldn’t feel with other people. On the farm Temple found a machine known as “squeeze-chute” which held the cattle tightly. Temple always wanted to be hugged so she can feel safe but when someone went to hug her she would go into a state of panic. Temple decided to use the squeeze- chute on herself and all of her anxious feelings left her body and she felt safe. Temple decided to build her own machine and because she focused on it so much, she began to understand things in words. This machine helped her with social awkwardness and helped her progress through high school.
Temple then went onto college and earned a masters in animal science. Temple became the greatest innovator in the field and she learned how to feel the cattles pain, fear, and panic.
Temple improved all her weaknesses. She embraced the fact that since she thought