Temple Grandin

                           

                     

   Temple Grandin:

Temple Grandin was a remarkable woman. She was able to see the world in ways that no one else could. She was diagnosed with autism at age four. The doctors recommended that she be put into an institution. If it hadn’t been for her family, her friends, and her teachers, who pushed her to go against the system, then she would have gone along living in frustration, being told she would never measure up to anyone even being told she would never speak. She rebelled against the low expectations given to her by the world, and led an incredible life.

She had a love for animals and desired to treat them with compassion by making their lives easier and more humane. She could relate to their frustration, by helping them, she helped herself. She was constantly ridiculed by her peers and ignored by her co-workers, yet she kept on fighting and eventually awed each and every one of them with her special gifts. She completely transformed the cattle industry, earned her masters in “mooing” and published some incredible articles.

Although she was given low expectations by this world, she transformed them into a great future by completely disregarding them. She learned the meaning and value of life that is found in God alone. She was extremely brilliant and was generous enough to share her brilliance with this world.

After reading all that, you would never guess that she would be autistic, and why exactly is that? Perhaps it is because we are given our expectations by this world and usually never venture out of them. Instead we decide to remain in our comfort zones, hardly ever using our full God-given potential. Temple Grandin heard the expectations given to her, but she chose to ignore them. She chose to live out the great expectations given to her by God. She acknowledged the fact that she would always be autistic, she knew she would never be cured, yet she accepted that fact knowing that even being autistic she could go on living joyfully.

As a result, she helped families and children dealing with autism, by speaking out and saying that her life was living proof that it truly is possible to go against the system and use their differences to make a difference!

Temple Grandin was a very special individual, I believe she was blessed with autism. She was ablt to see the world like no one else could. She truly had a gift and chose to use that gift in incredible, encouraging, and inspiring ways!