The Catholic Focus episode Autism: A World Without Metaphors, is now on YouTube. It follows several stories and visits to schools from both Dufferin-Peel CDSB and Halton CDSB.
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AUTISM
A World Without Metaphors
Toronto, March 24, 2008 – Salt + Light Television, Canada’s Catholic Network, takes a look at Autism: A World Without Metaphors on the December 20th episode of their flagship show, Catholic Focus, which airs daily at 7pm and 11pm ET. This episode will air again on December 23rd at the same times.
A developmental disorder more common now than Down’s Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis – this is Autism. Join host Mary Rose Bacani as she teams up with Richard Gough (Itinerant Resource Teacher) and Heather Kidd (Child and Youth Worker), both from the ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Team from the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, as they discuss different personal stories highlighting the whole spectrum of Autism.
Hear the stories of Simon Younan, a student at St. Francis Xavier SS in Mississauga, Ontario, and Domenico Sansalone, a student at Robert F. Hall SS in Caledon East, Ontario, who are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Listen to Dr. Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and the most well-known and accomplished adult with autism in the world. Find out about Kayla Cornale, a Stanford University student and a graduate of Assumption SS in Burlington, Ontario, who was recently honoured with a Special Recognition as a ‘Young Wonder’ at the ‘2007 CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute’ for her outstanding project on Autism. And finally, be touched by a story that received one of the OECTA Young Authors Awards in 2005. It is indeed a packed and diverse half-hour giving you a glimpse of the world of Autism.
“Autism’s a huge continuum, going from somebody who’s going to have to live in a supervised situation to a brilliant scientist. In fact, if we didn’t have Autism genetics, we wouldn’t have airplanes, we wouldn’t have cameras. Because after all, the really social people didn’t want to sit in the back of the cave to make the first stone spear!”
— Dr. Temple Grandin, in her interview for Catholic Focus
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