Episode Details

When Jennifer Malia (Norfolk State University) started researching her young daughter’s behaviors, she realized that both she and her daughter were on the autism spectrum. Leslie Daniel (Radford University) celebrates autism and shares some basic strategies for communicating with children on the autism spectrum. Through personal experience and extensive research, Jackie Spainhour’s has come up with some ways to make children’s museums fun for all. Temple Grandin is known as an expert in the livestock industry and as an eloquent leader for autistic rights. Christofer Foss (University of Mary Washington) explores how autism is portrayed in literature and film.