'''Temple Grandin''' (født 29. august 1947 i [[Boston]] i [[Massachusetts]])<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/television/05grandin.html |title=
Peering Into a Mind That’s ‘Different, but Not Less’
|publisher=[[New York Times]] |author=Alessandra Stanley |language=engelsk |date=4. februar 2010 |accessdate=3. april 2011}}</ref> har en [[USA|amerikansk]] [[doktor]]grad i dyrevidenskab og er [[professor]] ved [[Colorado State University]], forfatter og konsulent for husdyrindustrien og dyreadfærd. Grandin er højtfungerende autist og bemærkelsesværdig for sit arbejde for [[autisme]]n. Hun er opfinder af [[krammemaskine]]n, som er beregnet til at berolige hypersensitive personer.<ref>{{cite paper |url=http://www.grandin.com/inc/squeeze.html |title=Calming Effects of Deep Touch Pressure in Patients with Autistic Disorder, College Students, and Animals |author=Temple Grandin, Ph.D. |journal=Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Volume 2, Number 1 |date= 1992 |publisher= Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.}}</ref> Grandin står på [[Time 100]]-listen i 2010 over de mest indflydelsesrige personer i verden kategoriseret som "helte".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984949_1985222,00.html |title=The 2010 TIME 100. In our annual TIME 100 issue we name the people who most affect our world: Temple Grandin |publisher=[[Time Magazine]] |author=Marc Hauser |language=engelsk |date=29. april 2010 |accessdate=3. april 2011 |archive-date=29. december 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229234346/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984949_1985222,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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