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Title

  • Plankton dreams : what I learned in special-ed

Other Title

  • What I learned in special-ed

Summary

  • "What did I do in school while Mother worked? I studied the system called "special needs education." I created my own goals, which created some very interesting situations in the classroom. I became an empiricist. Why shouldn't the the autist study the neurotypical? By becoming a scientist and philosopher, I was able to master my boredom."--Back cover.
  • In Plankton Dreams,Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay crafts a proud, satiric style: the special ed student as literary troublemaker. 'Mother had always taught me to learn from circumstance,' he writes. 'Here, the circumstance was humiliation, a particularly instructive teacher.' 'But I'm not complaining,' he continues. 'Humiliation, after all, made me a philosopher.' For all of its comic effects, the book alerts readers to an alternative understanding of autism, an understanding that autistics themselves have been promoting for years. Frustrated by how most scientists investigate autism, Mukhopadhyay decides to investigate neurotypicality, treating his research subjects the way he himself was treated. Why shouldn't the autist study the neurotypical? This artful parody of scientific endeavor salvages dignity from a dark place. It also reveals a very talented writer. It is most certainly time to study the neurotypical - his or her relentless assumptions. Perhaps by doing so we may devise a more humble and hospitable society.

Names

  • Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi, author.

Created / Published

  • London : Open Humanities Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

Headings

  • -  Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi--Mental health
  • -  Autism--Personal narratives
  • -  Autistic youth--United States--Biography
  • -  Special education--United States--Biography

Genre

  • Electronic books

Notes

  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (www.oapen.org ; viewed on 2020-05-27)

Medium

  • 1 online reosurce (87 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RJ506.A9

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020376762

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi, Author. Plankton dreams: what I learned in special-ed. London: Open Humanities Press, . ©, 2015. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020376762/.

APA citation style:

Mukhopadhyay, T. R. (2015) Plankton dreams: what I learned in special-ed. London: Open Humanities Press, . ©. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020376762/.

MLA citation style:

Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi, Author. Plankton dreams: what I learned in special-ed. London: Open Humanities Press, . ©, 2015. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020376762/>.