The genesis of weighted sleep therapy and compressive products can be traced to Temple Grandin’s ‘hug machine’. Temple Grandin is an American Professor and Autism Spokesperson. She watched stressed-out cattle on a ranch queue up for inoculations; then witnessed a sense of calm come over the cattle when they stepped into a deeply compressive chute. From this experience, Temple developed a human hug machine. The device proved to be incredibly helpful for many with autism and th