Temple Grandin doesn’t think like most other humans. In fact, she thinks more the way farm animals do than their farmers. This curious fact led to a life in animal husbandry, culminating in a doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois. Author of more than sixty research papers and a dozen books, in 2010 she was one of the “Time 100” most influential people in the world.23 At age two, her delayed development had led to a formal diagnosis of “brain damaged.” Temple Grandin has autism, a neurological condition that, in her case, informs and nurtures her unique insights into
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