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 - Temple Grandin: The Woman Who Changed How We See Autism
Temple Grandin: The Woman Who Changed How We See Autism
She didn't speak until she was 3 or 4 years old. Today, she's one of the most listened-to voices in the world on autism — a university professor, the author of several books that became landmark texts, and the subject of a film that won seven Emmy Awards. Here's how Temple Grandin became Temple Grandin.
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 - Greta Thunberg: When Asperger's Becomes a "Superpower"
Greta Thunberg: When Asperger's Becomes a "Superpower"
At age 11, Greta Thunberg stopped eating and stopped speaking for several months. What followed that silence went on to change how millions of people talk about both climate change and autism. Here's how a diagnosis, received in real pain, became — in her own words — a "superpower."
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 - Daniel Tammet: Autism, Synesthesia, and a World Record
Daniel Tammet: Autism, Synesthesia, and a World Record
For most of us, the number 4 is just a number. For Daniel Tammet, it's a shy, quiet shape — his favorite, he says, because it reminds him of himself. Autistic, synesthetic, and a polyglot, this Englishman broke a European record reciting 22,514 decimal places of π from memory. Here's the story of a mind that perceives the world differently.
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 - Susan Boyle and Autism: Her Late Asperger's Diagnosis
Susan Boyle and Autism: Her Late Asperger's Diagnosis
In 2009, the world discovered Susan Boyle on the stage of Britain's Got Talent — and mocked her before she'd even sung a note. Four years later, in an interview with The Guardian, she revealed for the first time a diagnosis that retrospectively explained her entire childhood: Asperger's syndrome.
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 - Anthony Hopkins and Autism: Portrait of an Atypical Genius
Anthony Hopkins and Autism: Portrait of an Atypical Genius
Anthony Hopkins, diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, grew up as a child deemed "totally inept.". A look back at the extraordinary journey of an actor who turned his difference into a strength.
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