Temple Grandin at A&M University 9/14-9/15

Temple Grandin to speak at two A&M events - Open to the General Public The well-respected lecturer Temple Grandin will share her experiences as a person with autism and her cattle expertise during two events at Texas A&M University.
Grandin will talk about her autism insights at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 at Rudder Auditorium. The Rosenthal Lecture Series and Texas A&M University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will host her presentation "Different Kinds of Minds Need to Work Together."

Grandin also will speak at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M on the topic "Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach."

Grandin, a professor at Colorado State University, was diagnosed with autism in 1950. She became an internationally acclaimed expert on humane livestock handling facilities and a leader in the animal welfare movement. In North America, almost half of all cattle processing facilities include a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants.

Her story has been reported widely, including most recently in Time magazine's 2010 "The 100 Most Influential People in the World." Grandin is also the subject of the 2010 Emmy Award-winning HBO film "Temple Grandin," which was a
semi-biographical account of her life as a highly-functioning person with autism.

Both events are free, but tickets are needed for the Sept. 14 presentation. They can be obtained by contacting the Texas A&M University Box Office at 979-845-1234. The Sept. 15 event is open to the public without tickets.