Jonathan Mitchell is a writer from Los Angeles. He wrote a novel about his life experience with Asperger's syndrome, an autism-spectrum disorder. Independent producer Tamar Brott met Mitchell in a writing class a few years ago.

Autism researcher Blythe Corbett explores the connection between autism and creativity. She addresses the controversies surrounding autism, including the debunked link to vaccinations and the emerging neurodiversity movement among adults, which says that autism isn't worse - just different.

Amanda Baggs' "In My Language:"

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Science is looking for ways to better understand an autistic person's perception of the world. Using laser technology, Ami Klin and Warren Jones of the Yale School of Medicine screened "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and tracked the gazes of autistic viewers precisely, to study how ...

When Kurt recently interviewed Bill Flanagan about his novel, Evening's Empire, we presented a challenge to listeners: write music to fit the lyrics of "He’s At War" – a horrible song by Flanagan's fictional character Simon Potts. The entries are posted on YouTube, and Flanagan returns ...

Indie band Shearwater plays the South by Southwest festival this week. Lead singer Jonathan Meiburg - an ornithologist by training – explains how his passion for birds and islands shaped the band's new record: The Golden Archipelago. Produced by