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Why My Autistic Children Don’t Need a “Cure” | Vikie Shanks | TEDxLeamingtonSpa

2016

Should we really continue to pity those on the autism spectrum? Or, is it time to reexamine how we approach those with differently wired brains? Vikie Shanks shares a paradigm shift she went through with her own children.

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04:39

Giving Artists With Disabilities a Space to Thrive

Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California, is the world’s first and largest nonprofit center dedicated to giving artists with disabilities the space to let their talents shine.

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2018
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03:22

An Indigenous Spoken Word Artist Explores the Word “Indian”

Mitcholos Touchie, or A Mind With Wings, is a Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ/ Nuučaan̓uɫ artist from a small village on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. He joined us for our Spoken Word residency in 2017. While here, he performed one of his pieces that explores the nature of the word “Indian.

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2017
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14:52

Writing Down The Bones: 30 Years Later

A Feb. 7, 2016 interview with author Natalie Goldberg on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her phenomenally successful self-help for writers book, "Writing Down The Bones."

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Natalie Goldberg
2016
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20:44

What Is Different Brains? Advocating for Neurodiversity from Autism to Alzheimer

In this special 100th episode of Exploring Different Brains, Hackie Reitman, M.D. explains what Different Brains stands for through the words of some of our amazing past guests.

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2017
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02:03

What is neurodiversity?

What is neurodiversity?

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2021
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My Brain Isn’t Broken | Tashi Baiguerra | TEDxLondon

In March 2018, 21 year old Tashi Baiguerra received a diagnosis that would finally allow her to understand why she wasn’t always able to make sense of things that everyone else seemed to find straightforward.

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2019
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Bipolar Disorder and The Arts: Mark Vonnegut's Story

Despite our growing awareness of mental health conditions, the relationship between creativity and mental illness is often misunderstood. Dr.

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2020
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Culture Counter HOZIER episode - Music and Activism

Andrew Hozier Byrne, best known for his song Take Me To Church, is an Irish musician who advocates for gay rights, marriage equality, and feminism. This episode of Culture Counter will take us through Hozier’s musical career and explore his passion for political and social activism.

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2021
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Junot Díaz Talks Religion, Dominican Identity, and Writing.

Junot Díaz, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” talks about the role of religion in the Dominican Republic and the political power of literature.

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2017
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3 Tools to Become More Creative | Balder Onarheim | TEDxCopenhagenSalon

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. “Growing up makes us less creative. Therefore we have to re-learn creativity, and luckily there are multiple ways to do so,” says Balder Onarheim, PhD.

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2015
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