With a Ph.D. in animal science and decades of experimenting and
publishing her revolutionary designs of livestock-handling equipment
and systems, Grandin has campaigned throughout the United States and
internationally for the humane treatment of beef cattle, hogs, and
sheep up to the moment the animals are killed in the slaughterhouse.
She was diagnosed as autistic before the age of three, and required
special tutors and much care to become as high-functioning as she is.
She has been written about by
Oliver Sacks.