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“I worry when we try to make every little cluster of traits into a syndrome, ignoring the toxic stigmatizing effects of being so designated, which can last a lifetime. We could help Doug without forcing him to become a pathological specimen!”
― Mel Levine, A Mind at a Time

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“It’s never too late to understand and strengthen a mind.”
― Mel Levine, A Mind at a Time

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“The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men arecreated different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy inseeking to become like each other. DAVID RIESMAN, The Lonely Crowd”
― Mel Levine, A Mind at a Time

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“If we went out on the street dressed the way we talk, we should be arrested for indecentexposure. JAMES THURBER”
― Mel Levine, A Mind at a Time

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“Reading problems may stem from dysfunctions of phonologic or phonemic awareness, deficient analysis or recognition of visual patterns, active working memory limitations, and/or reduced lexical access. The latter might be part of a much broader memory retrieval or language dysfunction.”
― Mel Levine, A Mind at a Time

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