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Misericordia University Welcomes Anand Prahlad. Author, Musician, Speaker.

Autism, Race, and the Hierarchy of Senses A Lecture and Reading

Tuesday February 2, 202; 7-8:30 pm EST. The event is free and open to the public. Register for the event here:

misericordia.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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Co-sponsored by Medical & Health Humanities Program, The Soyka Fund for the Humanities, & The Autism Center

This talk will explore the intersection of race and disability and in particular, some of the implications of being black and neurodivergent. (2/)

What are some of the challenges and experiences of black, neurodivergent people in American society; how do these reflect on largely unexamined neurotypical realities; and what are some pathways through which neurotypical people can better understand and support those who are

neurodivergent?

Prahlad is an emeritus professor in the Department of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia, where his research and teaching areas include Creative Writing, Folklore and Black Culture, Film and Visual Studies, Race, Disability Studies, and Music. (3/)

He has published widely in scholarly and creative journals. His critical books include Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs fm Reggae (2001), and the edited three-volume set, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (2005). His creative works include the collection of poems(4/)

Hear My Story (1990), As Good As Mango (2012), his award winning memoir, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie (2017), and a music CD, Hover Near
(2008). Prahlad is currently working on a second CD, a collection of poems, a community memoir about the plantation where he grew up, (5/)

and a scholarly book on disability and the imagination. (6/end)