Chapter 61: Temple Grandin on mixing minds making magic

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Chapter Description:

Welcome to Chapter 61!

I am delighted to bring you a conversation with the one and only Temple Grandin whose life has profoundly changed our preconceived notions on autism and neurodiversity, and whose work has heightened awareness of the importance of animal welfare.

Born in 1947 in Boston, she was diagnosed with autism while still nonverbal at age 4. Told her daughter should be institutionalized, Temple’s Harvard-educated mother dismissed doctors and worked tirelessly to help her daughter blossom.

A BA, MA, and PhD later, Temple is a lauded faculty member at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. She has authored over 60 scientific papers on animal behavior and is one of the first people with autism ever to document her own journey.

This has contributed to her notoriety on many fronts: she was brought to prominence in the world by Oliver Sacks M.D in his book, An Anthropologist on Mars, she has authored her own books on autism, Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism and The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Minds Succeed, her TED Talk - The World Needs All Kinds of Minds has been viewed over five million times and the HBO movie, Temple Grandin, shed authentic light on her incredible story.

As a respected spokesperson in the animal community, Temple is also celebrated for her re-design of slaughterhouses (yes, you read that right). She is outspoken in her belief that, “alleviating anxiety rather than extending life fully,” should be the priority for those raising animals. Her essay “Animals are Not Things” and her books Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human, have garnered her the highest regard, for her ability to empathize with animals is second to none.

In this Chapter, we discuss:

What is the state of autism in the world today? How do we nurture diverse minds? What is missing from our education system today? What are the ethics of eating meat? How can we value our elders more? And of course, her 3 most formative books.

Ready to jump into my conversation with this beautiful and resilient soul?

Let’s go!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

What is autism and what does ‘the autism spectrum’ really mean?

What is missing from the education system today?

Why should kids do more hands-on learning?

What does it mean to be a visual thinker?

What could have avoided the Fukushima nuclear disaster?

What is animal welfare and why is it important?

What is the future of our species? (big one!)

How can we embrace getting older?

How do we find our purpose?

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