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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction: Autism in the Academy |
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Garry Writes About the Loneliness and Isolation People with Autism Can Face As They Try to Navigate the University System. His Essay Also Speaks to the Durability of Human will and the Ways That Small Successes Can Lead to Larger Ones |
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Guiding Us Through a Variety of Personal Examples of His Difficulties and Successes, Darius Argues Strongly for the Importance of Diversity Both within the University and Throughout the World As a Whole |
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In Her Essay, Michelle Talks Specifically About Her Odd Eating Habits, a Characteristic Shared by Many Asd People. Her Writings Remind Us That Autistic Features are Likely to Show Up in Unexpected Places---in This Case, the School Cafetria---and That Misdiagnosis of Asd can Stretch As Far As Anorexiz Nervosa |
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In Reminding Us That ``Spiritual Autism'' is Far Worse Than Physical Autism, Crocus Also Helps Those in the University System Remember That Students are Complex Weavings of Both Body and Spirit |
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Myriam Believes That in Order for Effective Teaching---Let Alone Dialogue---To Take Place, ``Normal'' People and Those On the Autistic Spectrum Must Constantly Ask One Another for Clarification and Must Never Assume That the Other Sees Things the Same Way They Do |
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Jim's Need to Study the ``Normal'' Culture In Which He Lives Has Made Him An Anthropology Student From Birth. Now, Having Studied Anthropology in the University, He Cherishes His Natural Skills of Observation, His Patience in Study, and His Insatiable Curiosity About Homo Sapiens As Great Gifts to Himself, the University, and Society |
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Angie, a Long-Time University Student With Asperger's, Illuminates the Grinding Pressure that Most Students With Asd Face, and How Years of Misunderstanding and Lack of Appropriate Resources Can Lead to Serious Clinical Depression At Best, and to the Total Loss of a Once Energetic and Promising Individual At Worst |
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Social Interaction Between the Sexes is an Important Part of the ``Normal'' University/College Student's Experience (Some Might Argue it is the Dominant One, Taking Precedence Over Studies).Arthur's Reflections On His Desire to Date and Have Relationships Prove That Some Autistic Students Share This Preoccuption |
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Chris Marsh, in a Letter Composed for a Disability Coordinator At His University, Further Explores Concerns We Have About Finding Satisfying Employment After University |
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Douglas Tells Us About His Years At Pennsylvania State University and How He Came to Love the Campus As a Special Place. His Essay Illuminates How Places Often Become More Significant Than People to Those on the Autism Spectrum |
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Susan is a Thirty-Year-Old Doctoral Student in Linguistics At A Prominent American University Who Was Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome Last Year. Her Essay Reveals How Autistic People Experience the World in Radically Different Ways Than Those Around Them |
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Dawn's Essay Reflects on Her Own Evolution As a Person with Autism, An Anthropologist, and a Member of the Human Species. She Takes Us Through Her Childhood to Her Adulthood and Shares with Us How Her Long Work With Gorillas Helped Her Understand What Primates (Including Humans) are All About. In Addition, She Talks About her Unusual Academic Career and Specific Ways She Coped, and Continues to Cope, with the Rigors of University Life |
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| A Compendium for the Inclusive University: Common Challenges for Autistic Students and What Universities Can Do About Them |
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| Notes |
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| Bibliography |
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