This week we are playing one of our favorite episodes, our interview with Dr. Temple Grandin.

We discussed sensory input, the frustration around communication, giving limited choices, transitions to adulthood, and how when you are looking for nothing, you might see everything. 

Dr. Temple Grandin is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.  Facilities she has designed for handling livestock are used by many companies around the world.  She has also been instrumental in implementing animal welfare auditing programs used by Mcdonalds', Wendy’s, Whole Foods, and other corporations. Temple has appeared on numerous TV shows, such as 20/20 and Prime Time.  Her books include Thinking in Pictures, Livestock Handling and Transport, and The Autistic Brain. Her books Animals in Translation and Visual Thinking have been on the New York Times Bestseller List. Temple was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in September 2017 and, in 2022, was named a Colorado State University Distinguished Professor.

"Single most important picture that the Hubble took, and I learned about the story behind, and I wrote about the story behind that and wrote about it in my Visual Thinking Book. The scientist who did that wanted to take 10 days of precious observing time and point the Hubble at nothing, at nothing, and reviewers went you can't waste time doing that. When he pointed it nothing, he saw everything." Temple Grandin

Her most recent book discussed in the episode: ⁠Visual Thinking: 9781846046872: Amazon.com: Books⁠

Other books: ⁠Amazon.com: The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum eBook : Grandin, Temple, Panek, Richard: Kindle Store⁠

⁠Amazon.com: Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism eBook : Grandin, Temple, Oliver Sacks: Kindle Store⁠

⁠Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals First, Grandin, Temple, Johnson, Catherine - Amazon.com⁠

⁠Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (Scribner Classics): Grandin Ph.D., Temple, Johnson Ph.D., Catherine: 9781439187104: Amazon.com: Books⁠

⁠The Outdoor Scientist: The Wonder of Observing the Natural World: Grandin PhD, Temple: 9780593115565: Amazon.com: Books⁠

Find Temple Grandin on Facebook: ⁠(2) Dr. Temple Grandin | Facebook⁠ and her website ⁠Welcome to Temple Grandin's Official Autism Website

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Episode ID: 1000656895579

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Release Date: 27/05/2024, 16:30:00