Tag: autism
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Hollywood Scientist Set to Appear at Kansas State!
Photo courtesy of http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Sorry for my hiatus in blogging, dear friends. Last week my project consumed my life and I just haven’t gotten back into the swing of blogging regularly. However, today I’ve got great news – which you may have already heard about but if not, check it out! Temple Grandin, PhD,…
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Temple takes the Emmy’s by storm!
Temple Grandin, the movie, won 7 EMMY AWARDS! Last night, the woman who many people don’t even know about made a huge impact at the Emmy’s. However, when I googled “Temple Grandin + Emmy’s” this morning the first 3 hits were “Temple Grandin wins big, who is she?” She is an advocate for autism, diagnosed at the age of 2, and has written…
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“Nature is cruel but we don’t have to be” – Temple Grandin
Well, I just finished watching ‘Temple Grandin’ and it was fabulous. It solidified my desire to work with her on both my Master’s projects and also attend CSU to pursue my PhD. If you missed it, it will be on HBO again at 10:45. You can look up a program schedule for the next two weeks…
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Don’t Forget Temple!
A looong time ago, I posted about the HBO movie ‘Temple Grandin’ that was going to be released soon (‘Temple Grandin – HBO Biopic’ 11/17/09). Well soon means this Saturday, February 6 at 7pm on HBO. I repeat, Saturday February 6th at 7 pm. The movie displays Dr. Grandin’s life from high school (when she…
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Temple Grandin – HBO Biopic
Temple Grandin has been changing the livestock production industry for the past 25+ years. She has basically written the book on handling facilities and reducing the amount of stress animals undergo in the harvesting phase of production. One of the most highly functional autistic people in the world, she overcame her disorder to write numerous…