History
As a young child, Grandin realized she would seek out deep pressure stimulation, but she felt over-stimulated when someone hugged or held her. The idea for the hug machine came to her during a visit to her aunt's Arizona ranch, where she noted the way cattle were inoculated while confined in a squeeze chute, and how some of the cattle immediately calmed down after pressure was administered. She realized that the deep pressure from the chute had a calming effect on the cattle, and she decided that something similar might well settle down her own hyper-sensitivity.
Grandin's device did not meet with approval at first, as psychologists at her college sought to confiscate her prototype hug machine. However, her science teacher encouraged her to determine just why it helped resolve her anxiety and sensory issues.
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