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A Rainforest Brain in a Sea of Standardization
The article in ODE was a source of optimism for me. Thomas argues that rather than focusing on the stigmas of psychological or...
Posted on Aug 05, 2010 - 09:56 PM by Zuleka Irvin in Op-Education
I read two articles today that lifted and sank my heart. The first was an article in ODE Magazine ("for intelligent optimists") written by Thomas Armstrong. It was an excerpt from his book, "Neurodiversity: Exploring the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences." The second was an education article by Our Weekly, a newspaper about current events in the African American community that circulates in my town. The title of that article is, "California's Education Transformation: New standards, programs, and funds introduced."
The article in ODE was a source of optimism for me. Thomas argues that rather than focusing on the stigmas of psychological or...