Mitchell McKenna - tagged with autism http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com I Want to Say - Documentary on Autism http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12556/i-want-to-say

'I Want to Say' is an emotional and inspiring 27-minute documentary short that tells the story of Hacking Autism, a newly adopted Autism Speaks initiative devoted to unlocking the voices of children with autism through technology.

The film sprang from the desire to share the true stories of hope of six children with autism who communicated for the first time through the use of touch technology. Find out more about the initiative at http://AutismSpeaks.org/IWantToSay

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Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:31:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12556/i-want-to-say/i-want-to-say
Kim Peek, The Original "Rain Man" Dies at 58 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5620/kim-peek-the-real-rain-man-15

The man who inspired the movie, Rain Man, Kim Peek died at age 58 of a heart attack. Born in 1951 in Salt Lake city, Mr Peek was diagnosed as severely mentally retarded and his parents were advised to place him in an institution and forget about him. Thirty years later, he was classified as a "mega-savant," a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates.

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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:52:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5620/kim-peek-the-real-rain-man-15/kim-peek-the-real-rain-man-15