Temple Grandin shares success story with Salt Lake students
The Autism News | English
SALT LAKE CITY — Dr. Temple Grandin is an expert in autism spectrum disorder mainly because she lives with it herself.
Grandin was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and is in Salt Lake City to receive an award, but Tuesday morning she inspired a group of students.
Four hundred students and their parents cheered as she entered the room to speak at Spectrum Academy in Salt Lake City. A professor at Colorado State University, she has done more to bring hope to children with autism than anyone in the world.
She told them now is the time to develop their strengths.
They asked questions, and she admitted she was teased while growing up.
From the HBO film ” Temple Grandin,” many people have learned of Grandin and the work she has done to revise the animal processing in America to a much more humane industry.
Grandin says whatever your skills, get a job. “A lot of people on the spectrum who are successful in the business world had paper routes when they were kids. Can’t get a paper route? How about walking dogs? How about maintaining a church website?” she suggested. “And you’re going to have to do it every week. It’s called work.”
To the students in North Salt Lake, Grandin was a superstar. They listened to her and saw possibilities.
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