Personal Hero: Autistic Savant Daniel Tammet Speaks About “Different Ways of Knowing”

Daniel Tammet is a self-described high functioning autistic savant with a mastery of language. This incredibly talented and interesting man has synesthesia that affects his perception of language, numbers and colors, so that all three are deeply intertwined. His synesthesia allows him to perceive the world in a phenomenally interesting way. Daniel Tammet gave a [...]

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Posted June 27, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Autism

Personal Hero: Temple Grandin

People have been talking about Temple Grandin quite a bit lately, partly because HBO recently released an original movie about her life and achievements starring Claire Danes. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I highly recommend it. (If you don’t have HBO, you can make a note to check it out when it’s released [...]

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Posted February 25, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Odds and Ends