Fostering Educational and Vocational Success for Young Adults with Disabilities March 9, 2020 Governors State University, University Park, IL
Event Title
Dr. Temple Grandin (ticketed separately)
Location
The Governors State University Center for Performing Arts
Start Date
3-9-2020 7:30 PM
End Date
3-9-2020 8:15 PM
Description
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, is one of the first on the autism spectrum to publicly share her personal experiences of and insights on autism.
Dr. Grandin is a celebrated author and autism expert. She also designs livestock handling facilities and is a consultant on animal behavior and animal welfare to the livestock industry. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human, as well as Thinking in Pictures, Humane Livestock Handling, Improving Animal Welfare, and The Autistic Brain. Dr. Grandin credits autism with allowing her to connect with and understand animals.
“Autism helped me understand animals because I think in pictures. Since animals do not have language, their memories have to be sensory-based instead of word-based,” Grandin said in an interview with Stanford Medicine.
She has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame, and is the subject of an Emmy Award-winning film starring Claire Danes.
Dr. Grandin maintains that autistic brains are a gift to the world.
Dr. Temple Grandin (ticketed separately)
The Governors State University Center for Performing Arts
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, is one of the first on the autism spectrum to publicly share her personal experiences of and insights on autism.
Dr. Grandin is a celebrated author and autism expert. She also designs livestock handling facilities and is a consultant on animal behavior and animal welfare to the livestock industry. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human, as well as Thinking in Pictures, Humane Livestock Handling, Improving Animal Welfare, and The Autistic Brain. Dr. Grandin credits autism with allowing her to connect with and understand animals.
“Autism helped me understand animals because I think in pictures. Since animals do not have language, their memories have to be sensory-based instead of word-based,” Grandin said in an interview with Stanford Medicine.
She has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame, and is the subject of an Emmy Award-winning film starring Claire Danes.
Dr. Grandin maintains that autistic brains are a gift to the world.