From the 2005/2006 Distinguished Lecturer Series. Abstract: Impairments in social communication are the hallmark of autism spectrum disorders. Yet, the nature of these impairments, which can range from severe to mild, is hard to define. Thus, many different aspects of social interaction...
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From the 2006/2007 Distinguished Lecturer Series. Abstract: During this technical presentation, Dr. Grandin discusses how the minds of visual thinkers, like herself, work. Included in her discussion is how she uses concrete visual metaphors – including a nonverbal “video library” of par...
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From the 2008 Minds Behind the M.I.N.D. Lecture Series. It’s hard to imagine, but defects in a single gene can cause mental impairment in children, premature ovarian failure in women and dementia in older adults. That gene — the fragile X gene -- is the research focus of two M.I....
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