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Aug 2023
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465- An Open Conversation with Temple Gr...

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Temple Grandin, Ph.D., a prominent author, scientist, and esteemed professor at Colorado State University, talks about her journey growing up with autism in an era when children were routinely institutionalized following a diagnosis — and what helped her to follow her passions to world renown.

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