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‘Not just a disorder’: Simon Baron-Cohen on how autism drives human invention

In this April 28, 2017 photo, 9-year-old Diego Rosales, who has autism, interacts with therapy dog Perry before his dental appointment at the Los Andes University Medical Center on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile. Esteban Felix/AP Photo.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of psychology and psychiatry and director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, about his must-read book, The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention.

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