It's your pocket guide to Temple Grandin; a great introduction to her thoughts and advice on both autism and sensory issues!

Dr. Temple Grandin is a doctor of animal science, a professor at Colorado State University, a best-selling author, an autism activist, and a consultant on animal behavior. She also invented the "squeeze machine", a device to calm the sensory systems of those on the autism spectrum. The subject of an award-winning, 2010 biographical film, Temple Grandin, she also was listed in the Time 100 list of the one hundred most influential people in the world in the "Heroes" category.

Have you even wanted to talk to Temple about the sensory issues people with autism, Asperger's, PDD and Sensory Processing Disorder deal with? Here, in this handy reference book, Temple gives a overview of what it is like to have autism and sensory difficulties, tells how she overcame her sensory issues, gives useful tips, then answers your questions in an easy to reference Q&A.

Using detailed, step-by-step photography of every stage of the process, Adam Danforth shows you exactly how to humanely slaughter and butcher cattle for beef. From creating the right pre-slaughter conditions to killing, skinning, keeping cold, breaking the meat down, and creating cuts of meat you’ll recognize from the market, Danforth walks you through every step, leaving nothing to chance. He also covers food safety, freezing and packaging, and tools and equipment. This comprehensive reference is the only guide you need to successfully, safely, and humanely slaughter and butcher your own animal.

Using detailed, step-by-step photography of every stage of the process, Adam Danforth shows you exactly how to humanely slaughter and butcher cattle for beef. From creating the right pre-slaughter conditions to killing, skinning, keeping cold, breaking the meat down, and creating cuts of meat you’ll recognize from the market, Danforth walks you through every step, leaving nothing to chance. He also covers food safety, freezing and packaging, and tools and equipment. This comprehensive reference is the only guide you need to successfully, safely, and humanely slaughter and butcher your own animal.

Dr. Aull clearly explains the world of diagnosis, treatments, and the overwhelming world of medications for parents facing a diagnosis for their child of autism. The much needed explanation of what is safe, and what to use when can be found here. Dr. Aull explain concepts about utilizing medication treatment, why medications might give an adverse outcome, and what might be done to improve the patient’s results.

"This is the first book I have read where a wise, highly experienced doctor has discussed his use of medications on many different types of individuals on the autism spectrum." -- Dr. Temple Grandin

Questo libro innovativo, che presenta una selezione degli articoli più recenti e significativi di Temple Grandin sull'autismo e la sindrome di Asperger, affronta in modo concreto e diretto le principali questioni e problematiche che ogni giorno vivono le persone con autismo, i loro familiari, i loro insegnanti e chiunque divida con loro la propria vita. L'autrice offre al lettore indicazioni su cosa è utile fare e non fare in diversi contesti, strategie pratiche e consigli preziosi, il tutto basato non solo sulle più aggiornate ricerche scientifiche ma anche e soprattutto su un punto di vista da "insider", quello di chi, come lei, vede e vive questi problemi davvero "da vicino". In particolare, il libro si sofferma su: come e perché le persone con autismo pensano in modo diverso, i programmi di intervento più efficaci, come distinguere tra un comportamento causato da una disabilità e un cattivo comportamento, come insegnare alle persone con autismo a vivere in un mondo imprevedibile, il contributo della medicina alternativa e quello della medicina convenzionale, gli adulti con autismo e il mondo del lavoro. "Visti da vicino" è un libro ricco di saggezza e di speranza, che guiderà genitori, insegnanti e educatori a una maggiore comprensione dei disturbi dello spettro autistico, per riuscire ad affrontare e vincere tutte le sfide quotidiane, proprio come ci è riuscita chi l'ha scritto...

Le relazioni sociali si basano su una fitta rete di regole non scritte che la maggior parte delle persone apprende spontaneamente fin dai primi mesi di vita. Questo non avviene però nelle persone con disturbi dello spettro autistico, che spesso hanno bisogno di impararle attraverso lo studio, esattamente come si fa con una materia scolastica. In questo libro la più famosa persona autistica del mondo, Temple Grandin (nota anche al grande pubblico dopo il film biografico del 2010 con Claire Danes), insieme al giornalista Sean Barron, rivela come anche le situazioni più semplici e quotidiane possano nascondere mille insidie per le persone con disturbi dello spettro autistico; ma ci mostra anche che chiunque, a volte, pur non essendo autistico, può riconoscersi nelle stesse difficoltà relazionali e che la conoscenza dell'autismo può aiutare ciascun essere umano a comprendere meglio se stesso e l'ambiente sociale che lo circonda.

Nel 1947, quando è nata Temple Grandin, l'autismo era stato appena battezzato e descritto da due psichiatri, che lo leggevano da prospettive pressoché opposte: Leo Kanner sembrava considerarlo un'irreparabile tragedia, mentre Hans Asperger era convinto che potesse essere compensato da qualche aspetto positivo, ad esempio una particolare originalità del pensiero e dell'esperienza, che con il tempo avrebbe magari condotto a conquiste eccezionali. Oggi, a distanza di settant'anni, il disturbo dello spettro autistico è più diffuso che mai, e viene diagnosticato a un bambino su ottantotto. Nel frattempo, tuttavia, gli studi si sono spostati dalla mente autistica al cervello autistico, dai reami della psicologia - che in passato colpevolizzava le "madri frigorifero" per carenza d'affettività - a quelli della neurologia e della genetica. Intessendo la sua esperienza personale con l'illustrazione delle ultime ricerche sulle cause e i trattamenti del disturbo, Temple Grandin, coadiuvata da Richard Panek, ci introduce agli avanzamenti del neuroimaging a risonanza magnetica e agli effetti trasformativi indotti dal nuovo approccio terapeutico mirato ai singoli sintomi che sta sostituendo le diagnosi "a taglia unica" di un tempo. Ma soprattutto ci aiuta a percepire l'autismo come modalità esistenziale alternativa...

As many as 1.5 million children and adults in the U.S. have autism.The lifetime cost of caring for a child with autism ranges from $3.5 – $5 million. Our children — our future — is at stake. The world needs to listen to what Temple Grandin has to say.In this innovative audiobook, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics Temple delves into:• How and Why People with Autism Think Differently• Economical Early Intervention Programs that Work• How Sensory Sensitivities Affect Learning• Behaviors Caused by a Disability vs. Just Bad Behaviors• Teaching People with Autism to Live in an Unpredictable World• Alternative Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine• Employment Ideas for Adults with AutismThis REVISED & EXPANDED edition contains revisions based on the most current autism research, as well as 14 additional articles including The Role of Genetics and Environmental Factors in Causing Autism, Understanding the Mind of a Nonverbal Person with Autism, Finding Mentors and Appropriate Colleges, and many more!"This book is insightful, helpful, and hopeful — just like the woman who wrote it! It is a ‘how-to’ guide that I am confident will leave any reader feeling both informed and inspired.” — Emily Gerson Saines, Executive Producer of the HBO movie Temple Grandin

If you are raising chickens, turkeys, or other poultry for meat and lack easy access to a humane, local slaughterhouse, this guide shows you how to put together a slaughtering and processing unit that will accommodate any type of poultry and can be moved from farm to farm. These units can be funded, built, and used by a community of small farmers, or you can develop one by yourself and use it as part of a business. This book covers the mechanics of constructing the unit, government regulations, the permitting process, sanitation, safety, and much more.

Behavior is shaped by genetics and experience--nature and nurture. This book synthesizes research from behavioral genetics and animal and veterinary science, bridging the gap between these fields. The objective is to show that principles of behavioral genetics have practical applications to agricultural and companion animals.

The continuing domestication of animals is a complex process whose myriad impact on animal behavior are commonly under appreciated. Genetic factors play a significant role in both species-specific behaviors and behavioral differences exhibited by individuals in the same species. Leading authorities explore the impact of increased intensities of selection on domestic animal behavior. Rodents, cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, herding and guard dogs, and poultry are all included in these discussions of genetics and behavior, making this book useful to veterinarians, livestock producers, laboratory animal researchers and technicians, animal trainers and breeders, and any researcher interested in animal behavior.

• Includes four new chapters on dog and fox behavior, pig behavior, the effects of domestication and horse behavior
• Synthesizes research from behavioral genetics, animal science, and veterinary literature
• Broaches fields of behavior genetics and behavioral research
• Includes practical applications of principles discovered by behavioral genetics researchers
• Covers many species ranging from pigs, dogs, foxes, rodents, cattle, horses, and cats

An inspirational tribute to horses and the people dedicated to saving them combines striking location photography and compelling original stories that offer insight into the nature and advocacy of horses in the wild.

When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism.
   While Temple's doctor recommended a hospital, her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead.
   Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career revolutionized the livestock industry. As an advocate for autism, Temple uses her experience as an example of the unique contributions that autistic people can make.
   This compelling biography complete with Temple's personal photos takes us inside her extraordinary mind and opens the door to a broader understanding of autism.

 

"In the next five years, hundreds of thousands of children with autism spectrum disorder will reach adulthood. And while diagnosis and treatment for children has improved dramatically in recent years, no one is answering the question that plagues so manyparents: What happens to my child when I am no longer able to care for or assist him? In this ground-breaking book, autism expert Chantal Sicile-Kira and her son Jeremy take on the challenge of planning for the full lifespan. Working together and drawingon the insights of others facing the same challenges, they offer real solutions to a host of difficult questions, including how young adults across the autism spectrum can: *negotiate adult life in this new economy where adult service resources are scarce *cope with the difficulties of living apart from the nuclear family *create and maintain a support network, including friends, support staff, and therapists *find and keep a job that provides meaning, stability and an income *discover the joys of fulfilling relationships"--

A diciotto anni Temple Grandin si costruì una macchina per gli abbracci. Aveva visto che le mucche diventavano mansuete dentro la gabbia di contenimento usata dal veterinario per visitarle, e aveva intuito che uno strumento simile avrebbe potuto calmare anche lei. Così, con due assi di compensato che si stringevano dolcemente ai lati di una panca, realizzò lo strano congegno. Che funzionò a meraviglia. E Temple, giovane autistica con molti problemi di relazione, capì di avere una speciale affinità con gli animali. E capì che per essere felice avrebbe dovuto studiarli e stare con loro il più possibile. Quel che non sapeva è che varie altre - e non meno spiazzanti - scoperte avrebbero fatto di lei uno dei più famosi esperti del comportamento animale, e che quelle scoperte avrebbero anche modificato il modo di trattare gli animali stessi.

The future of our society depends on our gifted children—the population in which we'll find our next Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, or Virginia Woolf.  Yet the gifts and talents of some of our most brilliant kids may never be recognized because these children fall into a group known as twice exceptional, or “2e.” Twice exceptional kids are both gifted and diagnosed with a disability—often ADHD or an Autism Spectrum Disorder—leading teachers and parents to overlook the child's talents and focus solely on his weaknesses. Too often, these children get lost in an endless cycle of chasing diagnostic labels and are never given the tools to fully realize their own potential.

Bright Not Broken sheds new light on this vibrant population by identifying who twice exceptional children are and taking an unflinching look at why they're stuck.  The first work to boldly examine the widespread misdiagnosis and controversies that arise from our current diagnostic system, it serves as a wake-up call for parents and professionals to question why our mental health and education systems are failing our brightest children.

Most importantly, the authors show what we can do to help 2e children, providing a whole child model for parents and educators to strengthen and develop a child's innate gifts while also intervening to support the deficits.  Drawing on painstaking research and personal experience, Bright Not Broken offers groundbreaking insight and practical strategies to those seeking to help 2e kids achieve their full potential.

Diane M. Kennedy, author of The ADHD-Autism Connection, is a long time advocate, international speaker/trainer, and mother of three twice-exceptional sons.

Rebecca S. Banks, M.A., co-author of The ADHD-Autism Connection, is a veteran educator, national speaker/trainer, and mother of two twice-exceptional children.

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a professor, prolific author, and one of the most accomplished and renowned adults with autism in the world.

Rudy Simone, an adult with Asperger's Syndrome and an accomplished author, consultant, and musician, created this insightful resource to help employers, educators, and therapists accommodate this growing population, and to help people with Asperger's find and keep gainful employment.

Rudy's candid advice is based on her personal experiences and the experiences of over 50 adults with Asperger's from all over the world, in addition to their employers and numerous experts in the field.

Detailed lists of "what the employee" can do and "to employers and advocates" provide balanced guidelines for success, while Rudy's "Interview Tips" and "Personal Job Map" tools will help Aspergians, young or old, find their employment niche.

There is more to a job than what the tasks are: from social blunders, to sensory issues, to bullying by coworkers, Simone presents solutions to difficult challenges. Readers will be enriched, enlightened, and ready to work---together!

"If I had read this book when I was in my twenties, I could have avoided many problems with coworkers. I truly believe that this book will help individuals on the autism spectrum get, and keep, the fulfilling jobs that they deserve." Temple Grandin, Ph.D., world-famous autism expert and author of The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's

"This is a most timely book!...This book is THE guide for how people on the spectrum can find jobs and succeed." Craig Evans, founder of AutismHangout.com

"I've found this book the best thing out there because it goes into the thinking process of the job seeker/employee, as well as confronts the stereotypes, prejudices, and mindsets of managers, vocational rehabilitation counselors and job coaches, and other career specialists. This is what sets it aside and gives it some legs." Roger N. Meyer, author of The Asperger Syndrome Employment Workbook

"Asperger's on the job is a good book for potential employees to read, but it's essential for employers. A wonderful achievement." Michael John Carley, Executive Director of GRASP

Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation speaks in the clear voice of a woman who emerged from the other side of autism, bringing with her an extraordinary message about how animals think and feel.

Temple's professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field. Standing at the intersection of autism and animals, she offers unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas about both.

Autistic people can often think the way animals think -- in fact, Grandin and co-author Catherine Johnson see autism as a kind of way station on the road from animals to humans -- putting autistic people in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Temple is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. Not only are animals much smarter than anyone ever imagined, in some cases animals are out-and-out brilliant.

The sweep of Animals in Translation is immense, merging an animal scientist's thirty years of study with her keen perceptions as a person with autism -- Temple sees what others cannot.

Among its provocative ideas, the book:

• argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness -- and that animals do have consciousness

• applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees" -- a talent as well as a "deficit"

• explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality that surrounds them -- a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearly

• explains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal genius

• compares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see

• examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future

• reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals

• maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid

Temple Grandin is like no other author on the subject of animals because of her training and because of her autism: understanding animals is in her blood and in her bones.

Temple Grandin, North America's most influential advocate of humane livestock treatment, has spent her life developing stress-free facility designs and standards of humane management. In an environment of growing concern regarding large factory-farming practices, Grandin is a voice of reason explaining the benefits of keeping animals calm through every phase of their lives — benefits that include safer working conditions, higher yields of marketable meat, better-quality meat, and, of course, more humane conditions for the animals.

The first half of Humane Livestock Handling reviews the natural behavior and temperament of cattle. Working with the animals' natural instincts, Grandin describes low-stress methods for moving cattle on pastures, paddocks, and feedlot pens. Slow, controlled movement reduces stress and fear, resulting in calmer, healthier cattle. They eat better, are less likely to become sick, and do not run into fences and gates, injuring themselves and bruising the meat. Calm cattle are also far less likely to injure the humans working with them.

The second half of the book is packed with construction plans, diagrams and detailed designs for putting Grandin's ideas into practice. Featuring plans for everything from gate latches to chutes, corrals, and sorting pens for full-scale facilities, there are designs that can be used in both large and small operations. In fact, half of the cattle in North America are already handled in systems designed by Grandin, and the demand for humanely processed meat continues to grow.

Temple Grandin's systems are quickly becoming the industry-wide standard. No livestock operation, small or large, can afford to ignore Humane Livestock Handling.