Doctors Thought She Had “Brain Damage,” But Her Autistic Mind Revolutionized the Cattle Industry | Bold & Untold by MAKERS
With her autistic mind, animal scientist Temple Grandin saw what no one else could and developed more humane ways to treat cattle.
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TEMPLE GRANDIN: Autism is a very important part of who I am. I like the logical way I think. And I wouldn't want to change that.
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Back then, it was strictly a man's world.
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Being really fearful helped me in discovering the visual things that scared cattle.
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We've got to give the animals that we use for food a life worth living.
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I get a lot of satisfaction when people say to me they read something in the book that helped somebody get a job or helped them go to college. I want to see the kids that are kind of different succeed. This is really important to me.
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