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The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention by Simon...
Cambridge University professor of psychology and psychiatry, Simon Baron-Cohen, recently published The Pattern Seekers: How…

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The “10-minute rule” offers teachers practical guidance. It typically sounds something like this: If students…