http://withgoodreasonradio.org Virginia's Only Statewide Public Radio Program Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:01:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “With Good Reason” brings you on to campus for intimate conversations with university faculty about their research in any of the disciplines. No topic is off limits for host Sarah McConnell as she explores everything from civil rights icon James Farmer’s training in debate, to the traditions of the samurai warrior, to the cultural history of Hawaiian shirts. Featured guests have included Julian Bond discussing race in America, Bruce Grayson sharing his study of near death experiences, Mike Seeger exploring American folk music, Bryan Caplan on the “myth of the rational voter,” Nikki Giovanni reading from her poetry, and Lawrence Weinstein describing–through a process called “guesstimation”–how big your feet would have to be in order to walk on water. With Good Reason is produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium and is online at www.withgoodreasonradio.org With Good Reason Radio no With Good Reason Radio vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (With Good Reason Radio) All rights reserved, Virginia Foundation for The Humanities Virginia's Only Statewide Public Radio Program humanities, vfh, history, arts, culture, business, health, literature http://wgr.vfhblogs.org/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://withgoodreasonradio.org http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/08/autism-in-contemporary-film-literature-and-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autism-in-contemporary-film-literature-and-life http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/08/autism-in-contemporary-film-literature-and-life/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:16:09 +0000 lew4n http://www.vfhradio.org/wgr/wordpress/?p=178 One in every 150 American-born children is diagnosed with an autism-spectrum disorder. Christofer Foss (University of Mary Washington) has examined how autism is portrayed in contemporary literature and film and says it is time to re-think difference, dignity, discrimination, and other disability issues. Also: Nicole Myers (University of Mary Washington) says with proper training, teachers can make significant strides with high-functioning autistic children in the mainstream classroom. And: producer Nancy King visits a Charlottesville family who is building a special “therapy room” to meet the challenge of their young son who has autism.

]]> http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/08/autism-in-contemporary-film-literature-and-life/feed/ 1 One in every 150 American-born children is diagnosed with an autism-spectrum disorder. Christofer Foss (University of Mary Washington) has examined how autism is portrayed in contemporary literature and film and says it is time to re-think difference, One in every 150 American-born children is diagnosed with an autism-spectrum disorder. Christofer Foss (University of Mary Washington) (http://www.umw.edu/mrg/?fid=112) has examined how autism is portrayed in contemporary literature and film and says it is time to re-think difference, dignity, discrimination, and other disability issues. Also: Nicole Myers (University of Mary Washington) (http://www.umw.edu/mrg/?fid=427) says with proper training, teachers can make significant strides with high-functioning autistic children in the mainstream classroom. And: producer Nancy King visits a Charlottesville family who is building a special “therapy room” to meet the challenge of their young son who has autism. With Good Reason Radio no 29:45