Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Posted June 27, 2006 now that is good news! finally we as a people will be able to influence the mainstream higher educationsl system well I think that is super~! dani Jane Meyerding wrote: > from AutismConnect 6/226/06 ( > <http://www.autismconnect.org > <http://www.autismconnect.org>>www.autismconnect.org ): > > Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, will soon become one of > the only schools in the United States to offer a literature course > dealing with autism. > > Based on personal interest and a love of working with autistic > students, CCC instructor Brown has developed what is probably > the only humanities curriculum in the nation dealing with autism. > > " I want people to know that it is more than just 'Rain Man', " said > Brown. " The culture is so rich with contributions from our autistic > community. " > > The special eight-week course, " Autism in Literature, " will be > offered this summer at CCC. It will explore the relationship between > autism, as well as Asperger's syndrome, in published works. Students > will read a variety of works by and about autistic people, including > autobiographies, biographies, other non-fiction and fiction. Students > will also explore the history and culture of the autistic community > and examine how autistic culture is portrayed in film, music, art, > poetry and philosophy. There will be a special focus on works by and > about autistic children. > > The CCC class reading list includes " Elijah's Cup, " chronicling > author Paradiz's experiences raising her autistic son; > " Emergence: Labelled Autistic, " an autobiography by Temple Grandin; > " Freaks, Geeks and Asperger's Syndrome, " written by Luke , a > 12-year-old boy with Asperger's; " The Curious Incident of the Dog in > the Night-Time, " a best-selling novel by Mark Haddon, and " The > Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow " by Opal Whiteley. > > Quote
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Posted June 27, 2006 I find it especially interesting that autism is treated as a culture. " Cultural differences " best describes misunderstandings I have with people. ~Bonnie - - - > from AutismConnect 6/226/06 ( > <http://www.autismconnect.org>www.autismconnect.org __________________________________________________ Quote
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Posted June 28, 2006 Thank you ! It's great that such a course exists, but I think it should be expanded to cover not only the recently medically recognized Autism and its spectrum, but the whole world literature reflecting its reality throughout history: - Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace (4-5 characters on the Spectrum!) - Henry Thoreau - Walden - Steinbeck - several .... more suggestions ? How can we contact the Professor of this course ? Thank you for thinking about this, Mircea Pauca, Bucuresti, Romania Quote
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Posted June 28, 2006 Mircea wrote: >How can we contact the Professor of this course ? jbrown@... Jane Quote
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2006 Report Posted June 30, 2006 I'll second that... very nicely put... dani Bonnie wrote: > I find it especially interesting that autism is > treated as a culture. " Cultural differences " best > describes misunderstandings I have with people. > > ~Bonnie > > - - - > > from AutismConnect 6/226/06 ( > > > <http://www.autismconnect.org > <http://www.autismconnect.org>>www.autismconnect.org > > __________________________________________________ > Quote
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