Temple

Temple Grandin

By AGED 3033

  • Birth

    Birth
    Temple was born to Richard and Eustacia Grandin in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Diagnosis

    Diagnosis
    At the age of 4 Temple was diagnosed with "Brain Damage". Her parents were told that she would be non-verbal and should be institutionalized. Her parents rejected this suggestion and did not hospitalize her. Instead, they took her to Boston Children's Hospital to find an alternative to hospitalization. She began kindergarten at Dedham Country Day School.

  • Beaver Country Day School

    Beaver Country Day School
    Temple attended Beaver Country Day School from 7th-9th grade. She was suspended in 9th grade for throwing a book at a classmate.

  • Hampshire Country School

    Hampshire Country School
    After leaving her previous school, Temple attended Hampshire Country School, a private boarding school for children with behavioral problems. It was there she met William Carlock, a science teacher who helped her gain confidence and encouraged her to make her "Hug Machine", a self-soothing device that would later get her ridiculed at her college, Franklin Pierce.

  • Franklin Pierce College

    Franklin Pierce College
    Graduated with Bachelors in human Psycology.

  • Arizona State

    Arizona State
    Masters Degree in Animal Science.

  • Scientific Papers Published

    Scientific Papers Published
    Temple published "Livestock Behavior as Related to Handling Facilities Design" in the International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems, and "Observations of Cattle Behavior Applied to the Design of Cattle Handling" in Applied Animal Ethology.

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Doctorial Degree in Animal Science

  • Correct Diagnosis

    Correct Diagnosis
    Temples original diagnosis of brain damage was dismissed in 2010 by doctors at the University of Utah through Cerebral Imaging. She was then correctly diagnoses with autism, a diagnosis that her mother had speculated for years, after coming across a checklist for autism in Temples teenage years

  • Advocate for Autism

    Advocate for Autism
    Starting in 2010, Temple began doing webinars, workshops, keynotes, and info sessions regarding autism and classroom instruction. She has even spoke to the US house and senate about several issues regarding education. She is currently a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, where she lectures on both animal systems and autism awareness.