Springfield, MA, June 25th, 2022, with the West Region Self Advocacy, a network for local self-advocacy groups in Western Massachusetts to work together.
Keynote Speaker Dr. Grandin 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.
* Temple has been featured on NPR (National Public Radio) and a BBC Special – “The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow”. 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 Temple 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.
To register or for more information visit https://masswrsa.org/2021-west-region-self-advocacy-conference/ or contact APettell@wmtcinfo.org or DLund@wmtcinfo.org