October’s Ales & Ideas Presents “Alice’s Autistic Wonderland- How Lewis Carroll’s Autism Shaped an Original, Brilliant Children’s Book”
Join Clatsop Community College and Fort George Brewery for the next Ales & Ideas Lecture on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024, at 7p.m. featuring CCC English instructor Dr. Julie Brown.
How did a mathematician (and preacher’s son) write the quirkiest, best-selling story about a little girl who falls into a rabbit hole and then walks through a mirror? Lewis Carroll was on the autism spectrum, and this condition fueled a genius for using language–and telling a story–in a completely new way. His book is a guide to the world of autistic children and gives us a greater understanding of how ASD shapes the kaleidoscopic way that children process the world around them.
Dr. Julie Brown, author of Writers on the Spectrum: How Autism and Aspergers Syndrome Influence Literary Writing (London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers), teaches English at Clatsop Community College in Astoria. This winter she will be teaching ENG 263: Autism in Literature.
Doors open at the Lovell Showroom at 6 p.m., with food, ales, and other beverages available, no purchase necessary. Minors are welcome at this FREE event.