The Autism Mantra

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Rama Cousik
Indiana University, Bloomington

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Autism, poetry, disability studies

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This is a creative piece from Volume 4, Issue 3.
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Published
November 26, 2014

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Issue
Vol. 4 No. 3
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Creative Works

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Author Biography

Rama Cousik, Indiana University, Bloomington

Rama Cousik is a 3rd year Doctoral student in Special Education at Indiana University, Bloomington.  Rama has worked with children with developmental disabilities for 20 years, 6 of which were with children with autism.  Rama is doing a minor in Ethnomusicology.  Her interests are in the teacher and in children.  Rama is exploring the use of creative and performing arts in teaching children with varied learning styles.  Rama believes that all children can learn, if only the teacher knows different ways of teaching them. She has adopted the motto, “Label jars, not people.”