Plankton Dreams: What I Learned in Special Ed

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Plankton Dreams: What I Learned in Special Ed

In Plankton Dreams, Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay crafts a proud, satiric style: the special ed student as literary troublemaker. "Mother had always taught me to learn from circumstance," he writes. "Here, the circumstance was humiliation, a particularly instructive teacher." "But I'm not complaining," he continues. "Humiliation, after all, made me a philosopher." For all of its comic effects, Plankton Dreams alerts readers to an alternative understanding of autism, an understanding that autistics themselves have been promoting for years. Frustrated by how most scientists investigate autism, Mukhopadhyay decides to investigate neurotypicality, treating his research subjects the way he himself was treated. Why shouldn't the autist study the neurotypical? This artful parody of scientific endeavor salvages dignity from a dark place. It also reveals a very talented writer. It is most certainly time to study the neurotypical-his or her relentless assumptions. Perhaps by doing so we may devise a more humble and hospitable society.
Country USA
Brand Open Humanities Press
Manufacturer Open Humanities Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781785420078
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Open Humanities Press
Manufacturer	Open Humanities Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781785420078
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Plankton Dreams: What I Learned in Special Ed

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