{"id":31765,"date":"2017-10-13T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=31765"},"modified":"2017-10-07T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T16:19:33","slug":"the-girl-who-thought-in-pictures-the-story-of-dr-temple-grandin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-girl-who-thought-in-pictures-the-story-of-dr-temple-grandin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Written by Julia Finley Mosca and illustrated by Daniel Rieley, The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, is a children’s biography told in rhyme about the inimitable Temple Grandin. If you’re not familiar with Temple, she has single-handedly created more awareness\u00a0around animal\u00a0welfare (specifically the lives of farm animals) than just about any other person. She is practically a household name and tours the country giving talks and presentations. There’s even a movie <\/a>about her starring Claire Danes!\u00a0Grandin\u00a0has long advocated \u00a0for “humane slaughter”, a phrase animal liberation advocates would argue is contradictory; but\u00a0she nonetheless prescribes standards for facilities design and\u00a0proper restraint and stunning techniques\u00a0\u00a0that are intended to cause the least amount of pain and suffering in the animals being slaughtered. You can check out Temple’s website <\/a>to learn more about the extensive work she has done in the field.<\/p>\n

In The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, author Mosca discusses\u00a0Grandin’s childhood as a person with autism and her deep connection with animals. Temple did not speak until age three or after, and, apparently, doctors initially told Temple’s mother they suspected she had “no brain activity”. Soon after being kicked out of school, Temple moves out west with her aunt, an owner of a ranch, and it isn’t long before Temple serendipitously embarks on her lifelong journey as an animal scientist and public speaker. She has worked tirelessly to create change in the practice of animal agriculture that is in compliance with the highest ethical standards after many years of communing with and studying the behavior of animals. Additionally, her persistence helps to create and foster an understanding of people who fall along the autism spectrum and to demonstrate that being autistic should not hold you back from a life of happiness and success.<\/p>\n

The takeaways in this book are many:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n