Temple Grandin’s New York Times bestseller Visual Thinking reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkers. A quarter century after her memoir forever changed how the world understood autism, she now transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired.

 

About the Speaker: One of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism, Temple Grandin has a PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois and is a professor at Colorado State University. She has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year and one of USA Today’s 2025 Women of the Year. The HBO movie based on her life and starring Claire Danes received seven Emmy Awards. She has also been instrumental in implementing animal welfare auditing programs that are used by McDonalds, Wendy’s, Whole Foods, and other corporations. Her books Animals in Translation and Visual Thinking have been on the New York Times Bestseller List.