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But I know with someone like Temple Grandin [who has autism], I really do see her as a different sort of being.

Grandin noticed that the deep pressure it exerted calmed the steer down, and she discovered it had the same effect on her.

"The normal mind tends to be too vague, " adds Grandin. "The Asperger's mind sees the details. "

Forbes was among the first to profile Grandin (in 1998), and her life story was the subject of a 2010 HBO documentary.

In her fascinating book Thinking in Pictures, Grandin notes that she can comprehend others and even deceive people.

Temple Grandin, 61, was diagnosed with autism as a child and is now professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University.

"If you put them in a cubicle by the coffee machine, that's not going to work, " Grandin says.

Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. She also writes about her experience of being autistic.

Temple Grandin, a biopic film about her early life, was this year's talk of the Emmys, roping a string of awards.

Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, a noted lecturer, best-selling author and an autism advocate.

Temple Grandin: My name is Temple Grandin. I'm not like other people. I think in pictures and I connect them.

Grandin says that people with Asperger's also tend to be extrasensitive to their environment, including lighting and ambient noise.

"Fear is the main emotion in autism, " Temple Grandin told a conference audience at Augustana College.

In each instance Grandin displays an exceptional understanding of beings that, to most of us, remain enduring mysteries.

Dr. Temple Grandin at Colorado State University works with the cattle industry on humane treatment of animals.

Temple Grandin had such severe autism that even her own father wanted her put in an institution.

Paulson appreciated Grandin comparing the brain to a map of U. S. airline routes.

Red Harris (of "Cattle Magazine" ): I don't normally tell people what I'm going to write but Miss Grandin, this is a masterpiece.

The film "Temple Grandin" is based upon Grandin's memoirs, "Emergence" and "Thinking in Pictures. "

A reunion of the veterans was held in each of their houses every year when it came to Grandin's.

Dr. Grandin also states that transport injuries and fighting are major causes of injuries in horses.

Grandin will be the subject of an HBO movie next year.

Even Grandin's own hug machine is now gathering dust.

For instance, Temple Grandin, an animal scientist with Asperger's, invented a humane, efficient way to slaughter cattle.

Temple Grandin: Because who do you think made the first stone spears?

Grandin and Deutsch say you should communicate with Aspies as specifically and clearly as possible.

Amazingly, there is little about Grandin now that would label her as autistic.

Still, Grandin could not hide her excitement.

Cattle, Grandin argues, aren't tame animals as are dogs or cats, and therefore freedom from fear is a big issue for them.

"Just accept that that's the way it is, " Grandin says.

Grandin described herself as a visual thinker and a "goofball student" in school until a science teacher helped her learn to study.

Temple Grandin: I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young.

Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation