Show 1335: Visual Thinking and the Value of Neurodiversity

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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This week, we talk with renowned author Temple Grandin. She reveals why she thinks visual thinking is underappreciated. Most importantly, she describes how we could change our educational system to better utilize a wide range of mental skills. Practical Applications of Visual Thinking: Most of us are not aware of how our brains work. Often, […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's Pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	Do the word some assembly required
0:18.0	strike fear into your heart, or do you see that as an exciting challenge?
0:22.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with... Or do you see that as an exciting challenge?
0:23.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.
0:26.7	We're all wired a little differently. Some people love abstractions and patterns,
0:39.4	while others are more visual thinkers and prefer concrete examples.
0:44.0	Do you love graphs or do stories light your imagination?
0:49.0	Dr. Temple Grandin may be the most famous autistic person in the country.
0:53.7	She describes what it's like to be a visual thinker.
0:57.3	Why is this gift so important?
0:59.7	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Visual Thinking, the hidden gifts of people who think in pictures,
1:05.9	patterns, and abstractions. In the people's pharmacy health headlines, the antiviral drug Nirmitrelvir, sold under the brand name packs Lovt, reduces the risk of developing symptoms of long
1:25.4	COVID.
1:26.4	That's the conclusion from a large cohort study published in Jama Internal Medicine
1:31.8	this week.
1:33.0	Researchers analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
1:37.0	Patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were not hospitalized or selected.
1:43.0	They also had to have at least one risk factor for progression to severe COVID-19 illness.
1:49.0	35,717 received PACax Lovid within five days of a positive COVID test.
1:57.8	They were compared to over 240,000 similar COVID patients
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