Temple Grandin, The Way I See It . . .Different, Not Less, 7 p.m., OUC Ballroom
Temple Grandin is a philosophical leader of both the animal welfare and
autism advocacy movements. She knows the anxiety of feeling threatened
by everything in her surroundings, and of being dismissed and feared,
which motivates her work in humane livestock handling processes. She is
an doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University,
bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal
behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin also is
noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the squeeze
machine designed to calm hypersensitive people. Grandin has been
featured on major media programs, such as Lisa Davis's It's Your Health,
ABC's Primetime Live, the Today Show, and Larry King Live, the NPR
show, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and written up in Time magazine,
People magazine, Discover magazine, Forbes and The New York Times. She
also is the focus of a semi-biographical HBO film, titled Temple
Grandin, starring Claire Danes. The movie was released in 2010,
nominated for 15 Emmys, and earned five awards, including Outstanding
Made for Television Movie and Best Actress in a Drama. For more
information on Grandin, visit http://www.templegrandin.com. For more
information or an updated schedule, contact the CSU-Pueblo Office of
Student Affairs at 549-2687 or visit www.colostate-pueblo.edu/speakers.
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