Temple Grandin - HBO Special

I borrowed a copy of this television special about Temple Grandin from work. Wow, it was good. Temple Grandin, a world famous designer of the cattle chutes used by more than half of the cattle in our country, also had autism. She is a modern day hero. The movie depicts her life and the struggle of her mother to help her live a fully-realized life. Temple's Mom is a hero too. Temple is portrayed by Clare Danes who does an excellent job. Life is hard for a college graduate woman with autism in the 1970's, especially one who wants to specialize in animal husbandry. I forget how tough it was for us women in the 1970's. The sexism she encounters is at once familiar and shocking to me. The comments, the attitude, the snickering, the disdain - it's all foreign to me now. Things have changed for the better for women thanks in part to people like Temple. I think she's right when she says people aren't animals and cattle slaughter doesn't have to be like a lion eating it's kill. We raise cattle for our food and they deserve respectful treatment until the end of their life.