7 “Ideas worth spreading” for the special needs community

Ted Ideas Worth Spreading for the special needs community

TED is a global set of conferences formed to disseminate “ideas worth spreading.” Originally TED’s emphasis was on technology and design. The conferences now address an increasingly wide range of topics within the practice of science and culture. Past presenters include Bill Clinton, Malcolm Gladwell, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, Google founders [...]

Stage Lights: How theater can help individuals with autism

Stage Lights How theater can help individuals with autism

One of my all-time favorite TED talks is Approaching Autism Theatrically in which the totally brilliant Stephen Volan discusses how his experiences in an improv theatre troop helped him to learn the social language of neurotypicals. While Volan discuss the productive uncertainty of improv, theater (as a more general framework) has all the necessary components to [...]