Matteo Farinella, one of the authors of Neurocomic, has written a really interesting article about the controversial Human Brain Project–told, again, in the form of a graphic narrative–entitled “Brain: The Last Frontier.” Farinella is an illustrator with a Ph.D. in…
Mediation in Text and Language
Dr. Matteo Farinella and Dr. Hana Ros’ “Neurocomic” is completely different from what I had expected the book to be. I didn’t know it was a graphic novel until mentioned in class, and I had no idea that the subject…
Different Views from Neurocomic
Being that I am also a psychology minor, a lot of what was in this book I was already familiar with, although I wish I would’ve learned all the parts of the brain in such a humorous way. Since I…
Neurocomic-Funny and Informative
Let me start by saying how much I enjoyed this novel. I found the idea of illustrating how the brain works through the form of a graphic novel very captivating. My first few thoughts while reading was, what type of audience…
Nick Walker on Elementary
Nick Walker posted this on Facebook today. The portrayal of an autistic character on Elementary could make an interesting research topic. Also, I recommend following Walker on Facebook. He posts a lot of interesting stuff about neurodiversity.
Autism As a Culture : Communication is KEY!
The first thought that came to mind while reading Strauss’ Autism as a culture was – what is culture? The definition of culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. I made an attempt to…
Autism: medical disorder or social phenomenon?
I always had an idea of what autism is, however after reading Straus’, “Autism as Culture,” I was a bit surprised and interested in seeing the different views of autism. To start, Straus makes a wonderful point that most physiological…
Higashida, The Reason I Jump, pp.90-end
In The Reason I Jump, Higashida wants us to understand the way an Autistic person think and why they act the way they do, for example crying all of a sudden or having a tantrum for no reason. He doesn’t…
Higashida, The Reason I Jump, pp.90-end
“ The black crow was surprise to learn that even a bird as beautiful and as loved by everyone as the white dove nonetheless had deep problems to worry about”pg102-03. The author wants to tell the readers that every human…
Reading Response Questions
Hi everybody. Here are some questions you might consider as you write reading responses (or just prepare for class on Tuesday). Ralph Savarese argues that “With respect to autism, the question becomes: how to attend to the history of damaging…
