Autistic Songs

Alan Griswold

Preface

Bibliography

Intelligence

The First Step Is the One That Altogether Escapes Notice
Historical IQ
Tautology
Autistics Think Differently Than Non-Autistics—Dramatically So
Raven’s Progressive Matrices
Beethoven
Music and Raven’s Progressive Matrices
Intelligence, Genius, and Autism
Echolalia
Spinning and Twirling
Lining Up Toys
Early Warning Signs
Intelligent Design
Mathematical Weaknesses
The Context of Neuroimaging
Searle
The Philosophy of Academic Philosophy
What If the Flynn Effect Has Ended?

Language

How Traditional Speech Therapy Can Help the Autistic Child
Language Acquisition
The Prerequisites of Language
Language and Biological Immediacy
Phantom of the Pinker
Anti-Evolution
Linguistics for Autistics
The Dual Root of Human Language
Two Sides of an Expressive Coin
Derrida
Universal Grammar
Meta-Language as a Misuse of the Tool
The Printing Press and the Internet
The Two Forms of Human Logic
The Simple Greeting Exchange
Logic for Autistics

The Attack on Sciencedom

Shock and Awe
Good Science
Limbo_Dancing
Three Questions Poorly Asked
The Futility of More and More Studies
The Massive Hunt
Pharmacology
Snapshot
Genetic Litany
Putrefaction
Fresh Air
Scientific Insight
The Uninspired Profession
Darwin’s Corpse
Why Life Is Not a Team Sport
Evolutionary Theory Versus Creationism
Six Thousand Years Old
Beasts
Naive
The Problem with Peer Review
Authorship Litany
Covering the Costs of Autism Research Publication
Futuristic Vision
When Science Goes a Whoring
Identification Bias
The Many Autisms
A Foretold History of Autism Science
Scientific Accumulation
Lost and Found
Control Group
Thanks - Now Here’s the Back of Our Hand
Tsunami
The Takeaway from Autism Science

Humanity

Autism as Offense
Invoice
Diagnosis Is the Wrong Word
The Difficulty in Recognizing Autism for What It Is
The Certainty March
The Two-Thirds Rule
One More Session
Autism and Disability
The Telltale Origin of Time and Space
Bicycle Built for Three
Ockham’s Razor
The Risk of Chelation and Lupron Therapy
The Bracing Mountain Air
Health Coverage
Kierkegaard as Educator
Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris and Dennett
The Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Fossilization
Apologia
Reflections on the Work of Richard Klein
The Purpose-Driven Life

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Comments welcome.

View the book Autistic Symphony.

Visit the blog Autistic Aphorisms.

Read the essay The Flynn Effect’s Unseen Hand.

Also, read the essay Intelligence as Field.

Autistic Songs

Alan Griswold

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