Temple Grandin is a doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. She is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the hug machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons.

Her autism advocacy has made her famous in the general population, thanks to the HBO movie starring Claire Danes, but she’s a hero in the cattle industry for her groundbreaking work in animal welfare and reforming livestock handling practices in beef industry. She is the focus of this episode of “I Am Angus.”