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Showing posts with label Temple Grandin. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Temple Grandin. Show all posts

Saturday, August 28, 2010

"I Had to Get Through School by Going Through the Back Door": Temple Grandin on Gatekeeping in Higher Education

Here's an excerpt from Temple Grandin 's book Thinking in Pictures , about how educational institutions tend to keep bright but unco...

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A Portrait of the Autist

Lindsay: Kansas, United States; I'm a recent KU graduate with degrees in biochemistry and English lit. I'm also on the autism spectrum, having been diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age 5. It's quite likely that, were I to be seen now, I'd be diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. I write about a lot of things, which include but are not limited to: autism research, psychology, neuroscience, feminism, autism advocacy/neurodiversity, autism in literature, and broad, sweeping cultural critique. I also draw, paint and take the occasional random picture. Spam and abusive comments meet the icy-cold fury of my deleting finger.

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