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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Jeanne Simons and Sabine Oishi, "Behind the Mirror: The Story of a Pioneer in Autism Treatment and Her Work with Children on the Spectrum" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2021)
Description: Jeanne Simons devoted her career as a social worker and educator to the study, treatment, and care of children with autism. In 1955, she established the Linwood Children's Center in Ellicott City, Maryland, one of the first schools dedicated to children with autism. Her Linwood Model, developed there, was widely adopted and still forms the basis for a variety of autism intervention techniques. Incredibly—although unknown at the time—Jeanne was herself autistic.Behind the Mirror: The Story of a Pioneer in Autism Treatment and Her Work with Children on the Spectrum (Johns Hopkins UP, 2021) reveals the remarkable tale...