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Thinking In Pictures, Animals In Translation And The Autistic Brain
Temple Grandin encouraged people to have a positive mindset, and to work hard through her literary works including Thinking in Pictures, Animals in Translation, and The Autistic Brain. Temple was diagnosed with autism when she was a little kid. She has changed the way livestock are handled and slaughtered across the world. The animals go to their deaths calmly, and without fear. Starting in the 1990’s she has designed different ways that reduce animal suffering, and the meat quality. She also got all three of her degrees (bachelors, masters, and doctorate) from three different universities. When she was 18 she invented the “squeeze box” it is for calming down people with an autistic disabilities. She says that her autism motivated her to speak

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