12/27/2013

Temple Grandin: ‘My Mind Works Like Google Images’

17:13 minutes

In this archival interview from January 2006, animal scientist and autism activist Temple Grandin discusses her book Animals in Translation, a look at how her autism gives her a unique window into how animals think and behave.

 

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Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin is the author of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (Mariner Books, 2006) and was a professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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