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Genius May Be an Abnormality: Educating Students with Asperger’s Syndrome, or High Functioning Autism
By Temple Grandin
I am becoming increasingly concerned that intellectually gifted children are being denied opportunities because they are being labeled either Asperger’s or high functioning autism.
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