Monthly Archives: January 2010

Autistic Individuals Show Strengths in Embedded Figures Task

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Thomas Armstrong

While autistic individuals are known to suffer from deficits in social communication, it is less often recognized that they possess specific strengths in other areas.  One strength relates to their ability to see details.  In fact, they can pick out … Continue reading →

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Temple Grandin and the “Squeeze Machine”

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Thomas Armstrong

Temple Grandin is probably the most famous autistic person living today.  Her life will be chronicled on an HBO special starting in February, 2010.  Among her many achievements is the development of a "squeeze machine."  Because of her autism, she … Continue reading →

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Claire Danes to Play Autistic Expert on HBO

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Thomas Armstrong

Starting on Feburary 6, 2010, HBO will lauch a new biopic starring Golden Globe award winner Claire Danes, based on the life of Temple Grandin, designer of livestock machinery, best-selling author, and autistic individual.  Grandin has punctured the stereotype of … Continue reading →

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Professor Demonstrates the Inner World of Schizophrenia through Second Life

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Thomas Armstrong

The Economist had an article in its September 28, 2006 issue that featured a California psychiatry professor who used the Internet to demonstrate the inner experience of schizophrenia: "Peter Yellowlees, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, … Continue reading →

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What Causes Schizophrenia? The American Journal of Psychiatry Provides an Answer

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Thomas Armstrong

I just read an interesting editorial in the current issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry on schizophrenia.  In particular this paragraph intrigued me: "What causes schizophrenia? The short answer may be "nothing" or more precisely "no one thing." In … Continue reading →

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