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Join Aspiritech for a special brunch at 9:15 am at the beautiful Glen Club in Glenview followed by a talk on Developing Different Kinds of Minds with noted autism advocate and expert, Temple Grandin, PhD. The talk will be followed by a book signing and the event will close at 11:30 am.
As the growing awareness about autism continues to rise, Grandin is sharing her message about the disorder and differently-abled brains with packed houses. At the heart of that message is this: Rigid academic and social expectations could wind up stifling a mind that, while it might struggle to conjugate a verb, could one day take us to distant stars.
About Dr. Grandin: Dr. Grandin did not talk until she was three and a half years old. She was fortunate to get early speech therapy and was mainstreamed into a typical kindergarten at age five. Oliver Sacks wrote in the forward of Thinking in Pictures that her first book Emergence: Labeled Autistic was unprecedented because there had never before been an inside narrative of autism. Dr. Sacks profiled Dr. Grandin in his best selling book Anthropologist on Mars.
Dr. Grandin has became a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior. Today she is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. She also has a successful career consulting on both livestock handling equipment design and animal welfare. She has been featured on NPR (National Public Radio) and a BBC Special "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow". She has also appeared on National TV shows such as Larry King Live, 20/20, Sixty Minutes, Fox and Friends, and she has a 2010 TED talk. Articles about Dr. Grandin have appeared in Time Magazine, New York Times, Discover Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. HBO made an Emmy Award winning movie about her life and she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.
When she was young, she was considered weird and teased and bullied in high school. The only place she had friends was activities where there was a shared interest such as horses, electronics, or model rockets. Mr. Carlock, her science teacher, was an important mentor who encouraged her interest in science. When she had a new goal of becoming a scientist, she had a reason for studying. Today half the cattle in the United States are handled in facilities she has designed.
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LocationThe Glen Club (View)
2901 W. Lake Ave
Glenview, IL 60026
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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