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Committee for International Asperger's Year
Comité por el año
internacional del Síndrome de Asperger Comité pour l'année internationale du
Syndrome d'Asperger
1 October 2005
INTERNATIONAL ASPERGER'S YEAR
Hans Asperger Centenary: 1906-2006
FEBRUARY 18, 2006 will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Hans
Asperger, discoverer of Asperger's Syndrome. Dr. Asperger's centenary also
marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of Dr. Lorna Wing's article
"Asperger's syndrome:
a clinical account" in the journal Psychological Medicine. Dr. Wing's paper,
the first major English-language presentation of Dr. Asperger's work, helped
bring worldwide attention to Asperger's Syndrome.
We invite you to observe International Asperger's Year, to be held in 2006,
the year of these two landmark anniversaries. International Asperger's Year
is an appropriate time to honor Dr. Asperger and other researchers,
encourage people who might have AS to seek diagnosis, correct misconceptions
about AS, improve and expand AS public services, develop AS mentoring
programs, and recognize the special needs of AS adults.
International Asperger's Year is the first worldwide celebration dedicated
solely to Asperger's Syndrome. Organizations and individuals may observe IAY
as they wish. The initiative was conceived by the Asperger Adults of Greater
Washington, has
been sanctioned by the World Autism Organization, and has been endorsed by
the following specialists and leaders:
 | Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor
of Developmental Psychopathology and Director of the Autism Research
Centre at Cambridge University; |
| Professor Uta Frith, Deputy Director,
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London |
| Hon. Angela Browning, M.P., Asperger
political advocate and mother of an Asperger adult |
| Stephen Shore, author and consultant |
| Roger N. Meyer, author and advocate |
| Jerry Newport, author, and inspiration
for the film Mozart
And The Whale |
| Michael John Carley, nonprofit
executive
A Committee for International Asperger's Year has established an open
listserv for the exchange of IAY-related ideas, information and
announcements:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/asperger-year/ |
COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL
ASPERGER'S YEAR
AUSTRALIA
Asperger Services Australia
FRANCE
Association Asperger Aide
ITALY
Gruppo Asperger ONLUS
MEXICO
Chicolisto
SPAIN
Asociación Asperger España
Asociación Asperger Andalucía
UNITED KINGDOM
Asperger East Anglia
Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University
and the Cambridge Lifespan Asperger Syndrome Service (CLASS)
UNITED STATES
Asperger Adults of Greater Washington
Portland Asperger Syndrome Adult Support Group
Aspies For Freedom
Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (GRASP)
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