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Tito’s Dreams: Autism Awareness Month

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Autism-Awareness-Month-Titos-Dreams.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 4/30/2002 Tito’s Dreams Autism Awareness Month Transcript Anyone who has met children with autism wonders how they experience life. Because autism affects children’s ability to communicate and interact socially, they cannot always easily explain how they see the world or […]

Laying Siege to Nirvana

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-Autism-Awareness-Month-Laying-Seige-to-Nirvanna.mp3 Author John Murchek (recorded by John Cech) Air Date 4/10/2002 Laying Siege to Nirvana Transcript April is National Autism Awareness Month, an appropriate time to reflect on the story of Jessy Park as told by her mother, Clara Claiborne Park, in her two books, The Siege and Exiting Nirvana: […]