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May 10, 2010

Autism Pioneer Stanley Greenspan Dies

by Frank Gilbert Slinkard

CNN reports that autism pioneer and child psychologist Dr. Stanley Greenspan died last Tuesday at the age of sixty-eight.

Greenspan was known for his “floor-time approach,” in which parents were encouraged to seek a relationship based approach with autistics rather than a behavioral approach.

Countless children were helped in this way, and the importance of this approach to advocacy on behalf of autistics as neurodiverse persons cannot be ignored.

The CNN story is available at Autism Pioneer Stanley Greenspan Dies.

Filed under Autism and Medicine at 1:38 pm

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