February 15, 2008



Tune in for this unusual presentation on autism by someone with autism. Animal Science professor Temple Grandin, who designs livestock handling facilities, discusses the workings of the mind of a visual thinker like herself. She discusses how she uses concrete visual metaphors — including a nonverbal video library of particular people, places and associations — to make sense of the world around her. Series: "M.I.N.D. Institute Lecture Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders" [6/2007] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 12871]

1. Autism Assessment and Education Planning for Children
2. Social Skills Training in Adolescence
3. What Causes Autism? Two Short Stories
4. Educating Individuals with Autism
5. Intellectual Disabilities and College
6. Treatments for Children with Autism
7. Autism and Access to General Education
8. Where Are We with the Autisms?
9. Social Lives of Children with Autism at School
10. Improving School-Related Peer Relationships
11. Autism: Effective interven
12. Visualizing and Verbalizing - Children with Learning Delays
13. The Mind of a Visual Thinker: Photo-Realistic Images
14. Autism and the Brain's Theory of Mind
15. Medication Treatment in Autism: What Really Works

A selection of autism-related programming from the University of California. Check out the entire collection at http://www.uctv.tv/autism.