Dr. Temple Grandin: Autism - Different, Not Less

Published: April 27, 2016, 4 p.m.

b'Dr. Temple Grandin is the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism. Famed for her work with livestock handling equipment, Dr. Grandin is also a profound writer and speaker. She\'s been featured on NPR (National Public Radio), The Today Show, Larry King Live, 20/20, and many others, as well as been featured in several magazines, including\\xa0Time\\xa0and\\xa0People\\xa0magazine and the BBC special "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow" &\\xa0Anthropologist from Mars\\xa0by Oliver Sacks.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nThrough her talks and books,\\xa0Dr. Grandin has been able to break down some of the walls around autism. After her initial explosion into the public consciousness in the mid 1980\'s with\\xa0Thinking In Pictures, she turned the world of autism inside out, and continues to help people understand what it\'s like and how caretakers can help and understand their autistic children.\\xa0Her mantra is that people with autism are "different, not less" and often, "different and, in many ways, more."\\n\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nTune in to hear Dr Jo Anne White, international bestselling author and host of Power Your Life, speak with Dr. Temple Grandin about autism, being different, and how to change the future.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nhttp://www.drjoannewhite.com/'