Diagnosing autism and teaching neurodiversity with So Hyun "Sophy" Kim [SYNAPTIC PODCAST]

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So Hyun Kim is an associate professor of clinical and counseling psychology at Korea University. In this episode of “Synaptic,” Kim talks about being mentored by renowned autism researcher Catherine Lord, and how her grandparents fled North Korea after the Korean War.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:45 Family history, the Korean War
13:46 Growing up, early interests
19:10 Attending Ewha Womans University, studying abroad
28:06 Working with Cathy Lord, postdoc at Yale
36:11 Weill Cornell lab, settling into New York City
38:21 Moving back to Korea
43:51 Teaching neurodiversity, the Spectrum Child Clinical Psychology Lab
51:25 Living abroad and identity
1:04:26 Outro
Theme music by Chris Collingwood: ‪@FountainsOfWayneVEVO‬
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