Who is Temple Grandin? Education, Husband, Net Worth, Mother

Known for movies

Short Info

Fact

With a Ph.D. in animal science and decades of experimenting and publishing her revolutionary designs of livestock-handling equipment and systems, Grandin has campaigned throughout the United States and internationally for the humane treatment of beef cattle, hogs, and sheep up to the moment the animals are killed in the slaughterhouse. She was diagnosed as autistic before the age of three, and required special tutors and much care to become as high-functioning as she is. She has been written about by Oliver Sacks.

Temple Grandin was born on August 29, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Eustacia, a homemaker, and Richard Grandin, a businessman. She has two sisters, Kate and Elizabeth. Grandin was diagnosed with autism at the age of two. She attended a special education class in a mainstream school for first grade. In fourth grade, she was mainstreamed into a regular classroom. She went on to attend the Franklin School for the Performing Arts in New York City. After graduating from high school, she attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Arizona State University in 1975. She received her master’s degree in animal science from Colorado State University in 1978. She received her doctorate in animal science from the University of California at Davis in 1989.

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Grandin is a world-renowned expert on autism and animal behavior. She is the author of several books, including “Thinking in Pictures” and “The Autistic Brain.” She is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. She is also the founder of the Autism & Animal Behavior Clinic at Colorado State University.

Grandin has been featured on several television programs, including “60 Minutes” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” She has also been the subject of two documentaries: “Temple Grandin” (2010) and “The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow” (2006).

Grandin is married to Mark Deesing. They have one son, John, who is also on the autism spectrum.

General Info

Full Name	Temple Grandin
Profession	Professor, Consultant, Scientist, Screenwriter, Memoirist, Activist
Education	Arizona State University, Hampshire Country School, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Franklin Pierce University
Nationality	American

Family

Parents

Eustacia Cutler, Richard Grandin

Accomplishments

Awards	James Beard Foundation Award for Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Nonfiction
Nominations	Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0334880

Quotes

#	Quote
1	People with autism tend to be good at one thing and bad at something else. There's too much emphasis on the deficit, and not enough on building up the thing that a person is good at. For me it was art. That became the basis of the work that I did in cattle-handling facilities. Designing is art.
2	If I hadn't had art when I was in elementary school, I would've hated school altogether. That made it worth going to. Art was the basis of my design work in the cattle industry.
3	Now, unfortunately, there are people who think that if somebody who's on the spectrum is really smart, that collecting shopping carts should be their whole career. No, it should not be a career, but a summer doing that teaches discipline and the responsibility of work. They've got to learn that.
4	I'm seeing too many kids on the spectrum who graduate high school, maybe even college, but have never done a single job. Learning work skills needs to start way before they graduate, I'd say by 13.
5	I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.
6	I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.
7	Children between the ages of five to ten years are even more variable. They are going to vary from very high functioning, capable of doing normal school work, to nonverbal who have all kinds of neurological problems.
8	And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit.
9	When I was a little child I had problems with eating in the cafeteria. The chairs would be jerking in and out, and there was a noise overload.
10	Some children may need a behavioral approach, whereas other children may need a sensory approach.
11	If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple.-
12	If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.
13	"I would not be here now if I did not have anti-depressants.-
14	I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect.
15	I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac.
16	You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out.
17	Junior high was a real mess for me and then came puberty. My anxiety attacks came during puberty, and then all of my nerves started.
18	Autism is an extremely variable disorder.
19	The head must be dead. I can't stress that enough.
20	I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to give those animals a decent life, and we've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.
21	You gotta bleed 'em in 60 seconds or less.
22	A treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis.
23	One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears.
24	People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.
25	I want to reform the meat industry.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University (2012).
2	Helped Dustin Hoffman prepare for his role as an autistic man in the film Rain Man (1988).
3	With a Ph.D. in animal science and decades of experimenting and publishing her revolutionary designs of livestock-handling equipment and systems, Grandin has campaigned throughout the United States and internationally for the humane treatment of beef cattle, hogs, and sheep up to the moment the animals are killed in the slaughterhouse. She was diagnosed as autistic before the age of three, and required special tutors and much care to become as high-functioning as she is. She has been written about by Oliver Sacks.

Pictures

Movies

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Temple Grandin	2010	TV Movie based on the book: "Emergence" / based on the book: "Thinking in Pictures"

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Being Experience	2013/I

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Henry: One Man's Way	1996	Documentary thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Temple Grandin & Friends: Autism Works Now Concert LA	2015	Documentary short completed
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts	2015	TV Movie documentary	Temple Grandin
Hold Me Steady: A Story of Autism Service Dogs	2015	Documentary	Herself
Speciesism: The Movie	2013	Documentary	Herself
Tavis Smiley	2013	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Home & Family	2013	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Ghosts in Our Machine	2013	Documentary	Herself - Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University Designer of Livestock Handling Equipment (voice)
Nature	2012	TV Series documentary	Herself
The Weatherwax Legacy	2011	Video documentary short
When Animals Adopt	2011	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	2011	TV Series	Herself
60 Minutes	2011	TV Series documentary	Herself - Professor of Animal Science (segment "Apps for Autism")
Natural Heroes	2011	TV Series documentary	Herself
Ingenious Minds	2011	TV Series	Herself
The Hour	2010-2011	TV Series	Herself
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education	2010	TV Movie	Herself
The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards	2010	TV Special	Herself
Arts: A Film About Possibilities, Disabilities and the Arts	2009	Video documentary	Herself
A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism	2009	Documentary	Herself - Interviewee
The Horse Boy	2009	Documentary	Herself (as Dr. Temple Grandin)
The View	2007	TV Series	Herself
The Boy Inside	2006	Documentary	Herself
Horizon	2006	TV Series documentary	Herself
Expedition ins Gehirn	2006	TV Series documentary	Herself - Viehzucht-Expertin aus Colorado
First Person	2001	TV Series documentary	Herself
A Is for Autism	1992	Documentary short	Herself (voice)