Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin

Birth : 1947-08-29, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the hug machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons. Grandin is listed in the 2010 Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the category “Heroes”. Description above from the Wikipedia article Temple Grandin,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Temple Grandin

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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Self
An exploration of the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact. Sacks was a fearless explorer of unknown mental worlds who helped redefine our understanding of the brain and mind, the diversity of human experience, and our shared humanity.
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
Self
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle , is the first in a two-part film series by Patterns of Evidence’s award-winning filmmaker, Timothy Mahoney. In this investigation he examines the journey to the crossing location, looking at two competing views of the Red Sea Miracle. One he calls the “Egyptian Approach,” which looks near Egypt. The other he calls the “Hebrew Approach,” which looks far from Egypt to the Gulf of Aqaba where divers have been searching for the remains of Pharaoh’s army on the seafloor. The investigation raises giant questions about the real location for the crossing site and its implications on your view of God. The answers to these questions point to one of two very different realities.
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Self
A documentary about young people with autism, and how arts and creative therapies help them to lead fuller lives.
Spectrum: A Story of the Mind
Herself
A documentary about autism and sensory perception that features live-action and animated segments.
Speciesism: The Movie
Modern farms are struggling to keep a secret. Most of the animals used for food in the United States are raised in giant, bizarre factories, hidden deep in remote areas of the countryside. Speciesism: The Movie director Mark Devries set out to investigate. The documentary takes viewers on a sometimes funny, sometimes frightening adventure, crawling through the bushes that hide these factories, flying in airplanes above their toxic manure lagoons, and coming face-to-face with their owners.
Temple Grandin
Author
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.
The Horse Boy
Herself (as Dr. Temple Grandin)
Filmmaker Michel Orion Scott captures a magical journey into a little-known world, in a documentary which chronicles Rupert Isaacson and Kristin Neff's personal odyssey to make sense of their child's autism, and find healing for him and themselves in the unlikeliest of places.
A Is for Autism
Herself
An animated documentary short made by people with autism.