Temple Grandin, world-renowned advocate for people with autism and a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, will give an evening talk on living with autism at Southern Wesleyan University.

Grandin has authored or co-authored almost 20 books about animal science and autism, including “Thinking in Pictures,” “The Autistic Brain,” and “Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships.” Actress Claire Danes won a Primetime Emmy Award for portraying Grandin in the 2010 biopic eponymous film.

Tickets are required for this event; they can be purchased at www.swu.edu/boxoffice. At 6:15 p.m., Grandin will begin signing books, which will be available for purchase at this event.

For more information, contact Hope Smith-Sielicki in the Office of Research Compliance at [email protected].