November 15, 2002

Anthropologist's Interest in Autism Is Both Personal and Professional

By JENNIFER K. RUARK

DIFFERENT DRUMMERS: One student rocks back and forth vigorously in anthropology class, staring off into space. One brings a map of Hawaii to physics class and studies it intently every day. Another gets up from her library chair every five minutes to twirl clockwise three times.

They are among the people described in the introduction to Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students With Autism, out this month from Swallow Press, an imprint of Ohio University Press. The

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