Dr. Temple Grandin was diagnosed as Autistic at 2 ½ and didn’t speak until 3 ½.  Dr. Grandin became a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior.  Oliver Sacks wrote that her first book Emergence: Labeled Autistic was “unprecedented because there had never before been an inside narrative of autism.”  Today, she is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.  She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, 60 Minutes, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, HBO released a movie on her life and Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people.  In 2020, she was named as one of the top 10 Best College Professors by CEO Magazine.