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Video: Temple Grandin, the world needs all kinds of minds

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the ..

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Video: Social stories - benefits and how to's to help those with autism

Carol Gray, creator of "Social Stories" speaks about teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorder. Laura Minnegerode demonstrates how to write a social story for helping children with autism, with tips such as: write the story in first person, keep th ..

Autism and thoughtful inclusion

Michelle Garcia Winner

I was recently asked to write about the social skills kids need to have acquired to benefit more fully from an integrated setting. While this is a huge question I will write some basic thoughts on this concept. Many of you who are familiar with my work know that I talk about the ..

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Violated for having autism

Cris Italia

As dawn neared and the sun peered through clouds that covered the village of San Miguel in El Salvador, Oscar Nosta wondered if it was morning. “It must be morning,” he thought to himself. For three years it was a routine. Nosta would press his left eye against a crack in the w ..

Temple Grandin: Life among the 'yakkity yaks'

Bari Weiss

'Who do you think made the first stone spear?" asks Temple Grandin. "That wasn't the yakkity yaks sitting around the campfire. It was some Aspberger sitting in the back of a cave figuring out how to chip rocks into spearheads. Without some autistic traits you wouldn't even have a r ..

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Asperger's: a mother's story

Mary

My son in 35. As he grew up we had no idea that there was a condition called Aspergers, to e ..

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Video: Autism is a world (part 3)

Sue Rubin

Part three of the series "Autism Is A World" is a documentary about Sue Rubin, who is autist ..

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