Plankton dreams: what I learned in special-ed

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dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-20T15:46:24Z
dc.date.available2018-03-20T15:46:24Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn 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, the book 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.en
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dc.identifier.citationMukhopadhyay, T. R. (2015). Plankton Dreams: What I Learned in Special-Ed. London: Open Humanities Press. DOI: 10.26530/oapen_560011en
dc.identifier.doi10.26530/oapen_560011
dc.identifier.endpage87
dc.identifier.isbn9781785420078
dc.identifier.isbn9781785420139
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5655
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOpen Humanities Pressen
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dc.relation.urihttps://openhumanitiespress.org/
dc.rights© 2015, Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay. This is an open access book, licensed under Creative Commons By Attribution Share Alike license. Under this license, authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy this book so long as the authors and source are cited and resulting derivative works are licensed under the same or similar license. No permission is required from the authors or the publisher. Statutory fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above. Read more about the license at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectAutismen
dc.subjectParodyen
dc.subjectNeurotypicalen
dc.subjectSpecial educationen
dc.titlePlankton dreams: what I learned in special-eden
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