Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery

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Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery

When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career has revolutionized the livestock industry--each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she has designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have normal lives. To achieve this unprecedented success, Temple used a unique ability: she thinks visually, the same way animals do. Because she thinks in pictures, she can see the world as a cow or a dog or a pig might see it. And so she knows that animals raised for food deserve good lives and should be treated with respect. Now she gives them their voices.
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ISBN 13 9780547443157
ISBN 10 0547443153
Title Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
Author Sy Montgomery
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Year published 2012-04-03
Number of pages 160
Prizes Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten to Fourteen) 2013, Commended for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Tween Nonfiction) 2015, Commended for Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Books for Older Children) 2013, Commended for Cybils (Nonfiction-Mid Gr/YA) 2012, Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) 2015, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2014, Short-listed for William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2015, Short-listed for Land of Enchantment Book Award (Young Adult) 2015, Short-listed for Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (Nonfiction) 2014, Short-listed for Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award 2014
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