Temple Grandin, Ph.D., author portrait
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Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation, Animals Make Us Human, The Autistic Brain, and Thinking in Pictures, which became an HBO movie starring Claire Danes. Dr. Grandin has been a pioneer in improving the welfare of farm animals as well as an outspoken advocate for the autism community. She resides in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Different Kinds of Minds
Visual Thinking
The Outdoor Scientist
Calling All Minds
Thinking Differently

Books

Different Kinds of Minds
Visual Thinking
The Outdoor Scientist
Calling All Minds
Thinking Differently

Books for Women’s History Month

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Temple Grandin’s Visual Thinking

A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. In Visual Thinking, she proposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers.   One What Is Visual Thinking? When I

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