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ERIC Number: EJ967456
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-May
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1553-9318
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Autism and the Artistic Imagination: The Link between Visual Thinking and Intelligence
Berube, Clair T.
TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, v3 n5 Article 1 May 2007
The author employs Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences to frame a discussion about the abilities of children on the Autism spectrum. Since children possess special gifts in visual/spatial areas, an argument is made to support this ability instead of "correcting" it into a more "normal" range. References from Dr. Temple Grandin's life are included. Dr. Grandin is an adult with Autism who is living a successful productive life as an Associate Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Since Howard Gardner discovered that there are several ways to be considered intelligent, the author makes a case for celebrating the differences and special contributions autistic individuals can make to society, even as these individuals must learn social and coping skills, without trying to cure these differences.
Council for Exceptional Children. 1110 North Glebe Road Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201. Tel: 888-232-7733; Fax: 703-264-9494; e-mail: cecpubs@cec.sped.org; Web site: http://escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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