Dr Temple Grandin can talk to the animals, she has a legendary ability to read the animal mind and understand animal behaviour when no-one else can.But this is no feat of telepathy, her explanation is simple. She's convinced she experiences the world much as an animal does and it's all down to her autistic brain. Labelled retarded at three years old, she didn't learn to speak until she was five but at nearly 60 she's an Associate Professor of Animal Science and the most famous autistic woman on the planet. This is the intimate story of Temple's journey from despair to world wide fame.

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De Amerikaanse Temple Grandin is hoogleraar aan de Colorado State University, dierenkenner en consultant voor dierenparken en slachthuizen. En ze is autistisch. Ze doet onderzoek naar de overeenkomsten tussen autisme en de gevoelswereld van dieren. Autisten en dieren zouden gemeenschappelijke trekken en gaven hebben, zoals hun geheugen voor details. Grandins werk is omstreden, maar biedt ook nieuwe aanknopingspunten.

Haar website: http://www.grandin.com