Temple Grandin

This is the author of the book. Although there is a ghostwriter working with her, named Margaret M. Scariano, Temple's is the main voice of the book. Temple is an autistic child, evident early on from infancy. She is aware of how different she is from other people and knows how many of her behaviors bother others, even causing trouble for them. However, she often cannot stop herself from doing things she knows are wrong or annoying. Furthermore, she learns in a different way than others. If school classes are boring to her, she cannot stop herself from coming up with crazy things or what she calls "naughty" things to amuse herself.

Mrs. Reynolds

This is the speech therapist that helps Temple when she is a young child. The therapist has great patience and takes Temple far in learning to process what she hears and also to...