Temple Grandin Research Paper

“ The United States owes a great debt to its inventors. Far from being grateful to them, it places every obstruction in their way and makes it enormously difficult to secure a patent.” -Preston Sturges. Temple Grandin proved that she was able to overcome many obstacles through her invention of the squeeze machine. Surprisingly, this person had to overcome the challenges of autism.Temple Grandin spent her early years taking care of cows, and later, as an adult, went on to become an inventor, and to accomplish great strides with her invention of the squeeze machine.

It’s amazing to think about Temple Grandin’s life. Temple was born on August 29th, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts.Temple had many behavioral problems as a little one, she would not let anyone touch her, and she had many tantrums. She could not talk until she was four years old. Her mother, Eustacia took her to the therapist to see what was going on.The doctor diagnosed her with autism. He recommended that she could go to a special institute, but her parents refused. Middle school and highschool were difficult for Temple. She went to many private schools. While in high school Temple created something remarkable called the squeeze machine. She discovered how comforting it made her feel in a cow field. Temple tried to create one for herself.

Temple got her masters degree in 1973 and she soon later started her own business called grandin livestock handling systems. She created a new slaughtering system for McDonalds, because they had a system that caused animal cruelty. Later in 1986, Temple created an autobiography, titled Emergence:labeled autistic, Temple created a new way to determine pig stress levels, called