My childhood dream was about to come true. I was about to meet Dr. Temple Grandin who was my all time hero in the field of autism. Growing up with autism I have always looked up to Dr. Temple Grandin. She is the most famous person living with autism in the world and helps animals. Temple designs livestock pins and has a doctorate in Animal Science. She has changed the autism world forever.
This is a story about how a childhood dream came true and I got to meet my hero Temple Grandin. Growing up with autism is challenging alone. If it had not been for the help of Temple Grandin's books and the movie "Temple Grandin" I do not know how I could have ever made it through school. Temple was bullied like I was and she is a true rule model for young girls and women with autism.
My grandparents and parents bought me tickets to hear Temple speak. Mom and I flew to a conference in Texas in which she was speaking at. I was nervous about meeting her and prepared a speech to give to her when I met her. I knew what I wanted to tell her and it helped me to have a speech outlined and prepared. Would Temple even acknowledge me and if so what would she say? Read the book to find out. Here is an excerpt from "Meeting Temple Grandin Autism Heroes."
"The night before I left for Texas to go hear Temple Grandin speak I could not sleep. A couple days earlier I had written down what I would say to Temple if I were to get to speak with her face to face. I wanted to tell her how much I admired her and her work and I wanted her to know she is one of the main reasons that I chose to go into engineering and become an autism advocate.
I rehearsed my speech in front of my parents and they critiqued me on how I did. They told me to be careful that I was not actually giving a speech and worked with me to ensure that I was having a social conversation with Temple."
This is a story about how a childhood dream came true and I got to meet my hero Temple Grandin. Growing up with autism is challenging alone. If it had not been for the help of Temple Grandin's books and the movie "Temple Grandin" I do not know how I could have ever made it through school. Temple was bullied like I was and she is a true rule model for young girls and women with autism.
My grandparents and parents bought me tickets to hear Temple speak. Mom and I flew to a conference in Texas in which she was speaking at. I was nervous about meeting her and prepared a speech to give to her when I met her. I knew what I wanted to tell her and it helped me to have a speech outlined and prepared. Would Temple even acknowledge me and if so what would she say? Read the book to find out. Here is an excerpt from "Meeting Temple Grandin Autism Heroes."
"The night before I left for Texas to go hear Temple Grandin speak I could not sleep. A couple days earlier I had written down what I would say to Temple if I were to get to speak with her face to face. I wanted to tell her how much I admired her and her work and I wanted her to know she is one of the main reasons that I chose to go into engineering and become an autism advocate.
I rehearsed my speech in front of my parents and they critiqued me on how I did. They told me to be careful that I was not actually giving a speech and worked with me to ensure that I was having a social conversation with Temple."
