In the final chapter of “When autistic kids grow up,” a new government grant suggests a slowly raised awareness around the need to study the lives of autistic adults, and Tempest McDonald comes through her dark period. Read the transcript. Listen to Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.
In Chapter 4 of “When autistic kids grow up,” Tempest McDonald’s time at Vanderbilt comes to its end, and an investigation into the autism research funding landscape shows her paper was pointing toward something true. Read the transcript. Listen to Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
In Chapter 2 of “When autistic kids grow up,” after her stint as a semi-professional pool player and the birth of her son, Tempest McDonald goes west to start her belated journey through higher education. Listen to other chapters and read the transcript.
“When autistic kids grow up” is a five-part podcast that explores how Tempest McDonald’s lived experience fueled her research and explains how she stumbled onto a problem that has been hiding in plain sight. In Chapter 1, McDonald’s turbulent childhood begins to provide some answers to the question, What leads an autism researcher to publish […]
Tempest McDonald is not your typical academic researcher. She was born in Alaska into a neurodivergent family, for one thing, and then spent her at-times chaotic youth in Atlanta. She herself is autistic. She survived a period of homelessness as a teenager and then became a semi-professional pool player, spending hours in Atlanta’s bars. She […]
Many school districts around the country are facing teacher shortages, particularly in areas such as special education, foreign languages, and science and math. At the same time, the existing teaching force – which is overwhelmingly white, in most places – often doesn’t reflect the demographics of the student body. To address shortages and increase diversity […]
Newsflash: Disabled children grow up to be disabled adults Loss of Brain Trust update Editor’s note on the photo: Cutting edge education hub for traumatized children launched The smiling admin believes the gravity of her mission.By Anne Dachel One thing that is very hard for me to understand is how no one in charge in […]
Justin Harper, a parapagogue at Ann Arbor Public Schools, is one of 25 members of the first pilot to help paraprofessionals earn their teaching degree. The pilot is a partnership between the local school district, Washtenaw Intermediate School District and Eastern Michigan University.Martin Slagter | The Ann Arbor News ANN ARBOR, MI – Justin Harper […]
