Hug machine
Máquina de abrazar
- Date
- 1965-1970 · confidence medium
- Place
- Rindge, New Hampshire, United States
- Credited to
- Temple Grandin
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Therapeutic device conceived by Temple Grandin, inspired by cattle squeeze chutes, that applies deep, even pressure to the body to calm people with sensory hypersensitivity, particularly autistic individuals.
What it led to
- Sensory integration therapy in autism
- Spread of deep pressure as a therapeutic resource
- Temple Grandin's prominence as an autism advocate