OBITUARY Steve Jobs and his
aesthetic vision for the
computing industry p.
42
PHYSICS The outsiders
who imagine alternative
ideas of the Universe p.
40
LITERATURE Lewis Carroll’s
experiments with time in the
Alice books p.
38
STATISTICS Global standards
are...
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OBITUARY Steve Jobs and his
aesthetic vision for the
computing industry p.
42
PHYSICS The outsiders
who imagine alternative
ideas of the Universe p.
40
LITERATURE Lewis Carroll’s
experiments with time in the
Alice books p.
38
STATISTICS Global standards
are needed for weighing
evidence in court p.
36
M
ost grant proposals, research
papers and reviews on autism
openwith,“Autismisadevastating
disorder”.
Mine do not.
I am a researcher, clinician and lab
director concentrating on the cognitive
neuroscience of autism.
Eight autistic
people have been associated with my group:
four research assistants, three students and
one researcher.
Their roles have not been limited
to sharing their life experiences or
performing mindless data entry.
They
are there because of their intellectual and
The power of autism
Recent data — and personal experience — suggest that autism can be an
advantage in some spheres, including science, says Laurent Mottron.
Working with autistic scientist Michelle Dawso
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