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Holden Thorp (Science & AAAS)
https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/holden-thorp-aaas-2026-02-10
Theory of Computing and Healthcare
The speaker is on the autism spectrum and lives between the worlds of science and self-advocacy. In interviewing experts and advocates, several themes emerge. The first is that the public disagreements in the autism world belie a growing convergence of the views that autism is a biological condition subject to intervention and a social difference that requires only acceptance. Scientific evidence, interviews with experts and advocates, and aspects of the speaker’s experience will be shared.
Holden Thorp (Science & AAAS)
https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/holden-thorp-aaas-2026-02-10
Theory of Computing and Healthcare
The speaker is on the autism spectrum and lives between the worlds of science and self-advocacy. In interviewing experts and advocates, several themes emerge. The first is that the public disagreements in the autism world belie a growing convergence of the views that autism is a biological condition subject to intervention and a social difference that requires only acceptance. Scientific evidence, interviews with experts and advocates, and aspects of the speaker’s experience will be shared.
