Temple Grandin

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Temple Grandin born August 29 1947 is an American 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 highfunctioning autism Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the hug machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons Grandin is listed in the 2010 Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the category Heroes Description above from the Wikipedia article Temple Grandin  licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia