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  2. Bildungsroman - Wikipedia

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    In literary criticism, a bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn], plural bildungsromane, German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːnə]) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood (coming of age), [1] in which character change is important.

  3. Jerry Spinelli - Wikipedia

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    His first few novels were written for adults and were all rejected. His fifth novel was also intended for adults but became his first children's book. This work, Space Station Seventh Grade, was published in 1982. [5] Spinelli graduated from Gettysburg College in 1963 and acquired his MA from Johns Hopkins University in 1964.

  4. Aaron Paul Orsini - Wikipedia

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    Orsini’s first book Autism on Acid written in 2019 was influenced by his first LSD experience which he found to be impactful and inspiring. [3] This was the inception for his Autistic Psychedelic community in 2020, which platforms various types of peer to peer resources, that focuses on the intersection of psychedelics and neurodivergence.

  5. List of autistic fictional characters - Wikipedia

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    Book Author(s) Country Notes Ref. 1964 Manfred Steiner Martian Time-Slip: Philip K. Dick USA [146] 1996 Seth Garin The Regulators: Stephen King (under the pen name Richard Bachman) USA [147] 1996 Simon Lynch Simple Simon: Ryne Douglas Pearson USA: Adapted into the film Mercury Rising (1998). [148] [149] 2000 Marty Zellerbach The Hades Factor

  6. Nick Walker (scholar) - Wikipedia

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    Walker initially began writing about neurodiversity and developing her conceptualization of the neurodiversity paradigm in 2003, in online autistic activist forums. Her first piece on the neurodiversity paradigm to appear in print was the essay “Throw Away the Master’s Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm”, published in 2012.

  7. Neurodiversity - Wikipedia

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    Many neurodivergent students may find that they need added support. [10] As for academics, neurodivergent students may experience difficulties in learning, executive function, managing peer relationships in the classroom or in group work, and other impairments that can affect academic performance and success in higher education. [10]

  8. Cognitive effects of bilingualism - Wikipedia

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    A child learning two languages whose structures and rules are significantly different from each other requires the child to think in cognitively demanding ways. An example of this cognitive demand in action would be in the arbitrariness of labels for objects, or distinguishing between and using two different grammatical or syntactical ...

  9. Octavia E. Butler - Wikipedia

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    In the mid-1990s, Butler published two novels later designated as the Parable (or Earthseed) series. The books depict the struggle of the Earthseed community to survive the socioeconomic and political collapse of 21st-century America due to poor environmental stewardship , corporate greed, and the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor .