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TAKING CARE OF YOU
By Dan Coulter
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A while back, I wrote an article urging parents of kids
with special needs to deal with stress by
taking breaks and
finding other ways to relax. Given that I've been
burning the candle at both ends with a blowtorch
recently, I thought it would be a good time to revisit
the subject. While I usually follow my own advice, I
occasionally...sort of...backslide and catch myself
doing things that I know are counter productive. Hey,
I'm human…
Back in the game, Josh Hartnett is
feeling 'Lucky'
"...Hartnett's less thrilled with what happened to the
true-life drama "Mozart and the Whale," slated
for release last year. He plays the lead in a romance
involving a man with a rare type of autism The indie
film was launched in part because of his ardent support,
something he withdrew when the producers fired director
Peter Naess ("Elling") and re-edited the movie. One
reason it has yet to be released is that Hartnett, the
only "name" actor involved, refuses to promote it. "I
feel terrible for Jerry Newport," the person on whose
life the movie is based, he said. "He was mad at me at
first (for blocking the release), although now I think
he understands. This is one of my favorite roles of all
time, but I want to see the movie done correctly." While
that movie sits stalled, Hartnett's career is chugging
along at full steam.
Disabled man to receive his associate’s degree
in May
If you
think it’s tough being a college student, imagine how difficult it
must be for someone who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a type of autism.
Despite the obvious challenges, Craven Community College student
Chris Marr has made it look easy. By Sandy Wall
Living Your Best Life with
Asperger’s Syndrome
by Karra
Barber .
Book Review by leading autism expert, Professor Tony Attwood.
Press Release
A
GREAT article for children, siblings, partner's and spouses
connected to AS
Growing up
in an
Asperger Family.
By Maxine Aston
View as HTML
or
download as a PDF.
Adult Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities Research
"We know
surprisingly little about the relationship between individuals with
disabilities and their adult siblings. To better understand this
long-lasting relationship, the
National Sibling Consortium and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for
Research on Human Development
have created the "Adult Sibling Questionnaire" for anyone age 18 or
over with a sister or brother with disabilities."
Roberts "Talking" To Autism Drama
"Per Variety,
Julia Roberts is in negotiations to star in "Daniel Isn't
Talking," about a couple whose lives are turned upside down when
their son is diagnosed with autism. "...Melanie is
determined to fight to teach Daniel to speak, play and become as
“normal” as
possible. Her enchanting disposition has already helped her weather
other of life’s storms, but Daniel’s autism may just push her over
the brink, destroying her resolute optimism and bringing her
unsteady marriage to an inglorious end. The situation is not helped
by Stephen’s far-from-supportive parents, who proudly display the
family tree with Melanie’s name barely penciled in, and who remain
disconcertingly attached to Stephen’s ex-fiancée, a woman apparently
intent on restaking her claim on Stephen. Melanie does have one
strong ally in Andy, a talented and off-the-wall play therapist who
specializes in teaching autistic children. Andy proves that Daniel
is far more capable than anyone imagined, and Melanie finds herself
drawn to him even as she staggers toward resolving her marriage."
"My Life
as an Underdog"
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"A
Strangely Fascinating Story about the True
Meaning of Life"
Recently had a screening in Washington, DC
as part of the Docs in Progress series and
has been invited to the Atlanta Film
Festival this June. Art of Madness Presents
A documentary film about a performance
artist, Suzanne Muldowney, who has A.S.
A Film by Boris Gavrilovic & Leon Martin
BECOMING BULLET PROOF
PARENTS -
By Dan Coulter
"Ever been frustrated or embarrassed by
something one of your kids said or did in
public? The stares of strangers can feel
like bullets. If your child has an Autism
Spectrum Disorder, you may sometimes feel
like you've been machine-gunned..."
Mercury Generation
March -
Autism is
Treatable and Autism is Preventable.
HAVE YOU
SEEN THE HEADLINES?
A Poisonous
Move for Kids by CDC. New Study
Supports
Mercury-Autism Link Time for CDC to
Come Clean. CDC Obtains Children'
Confidential Records Without Parental
Consent
Seeking
Adults with Autism or Asperger Syndrome who are
Self-Employed to Complete a Survey
San Diego State University
Consent to Act as a
Research Subject
Dennis Debbaudt's
Autism Risk & Safety Newsletter
Winter
2006!! Here is what's up...
Cassandra Affective Disorder
From the perspective of the partner/spouse
or family
Another missing puzzle piece to the picture
and profile of some with AS
By Maxine Aston
Committee for International Asperger's Year
Please Join Us as we Celebrate the Life of
Hans Asperger, his legacy and the millions
living with AS as children, parents,
partners, spouses, family members and those
"with."
...Read more.
Federal judge rules that
Asperger's syndrome is a disability - A York
County girl who suffers from Asperger's
syndrome is entitled to special education
services even though she completes her
homework, behaves well in class and scores
well on tests, a federal judge ruled. U.S
District Judge D. Brock Hornby ordered
School Administrative District 55 to
assemble a team of teachers and specialists
to design an appropriate learning program
for the girl, identified in court documents
only as "L.I." A VICTORY
for parents! ...Read
the decision.
Analytical Couples Linked to Autistic Children
- Highly
analytical couples such as scientists,
engineers and mathematicians may be more
likely than other couples to have autistic
children, says a University of Cambridge
researcher. In a paper in the journal
Archives of Disease of Childhood, Prof.
Simon
Baron-Cohen said the gene that makes some
people analytical may also impair their
social and communication skills, BBC News
reported. Autism is characterized by social
and communication difficulties. Baron-Cohen
noted that scientists and other "systemizers" are skilled at analyzing systems to figure out
how they function but tend to be less interested in social skills and
can exhibit obsession with detail and other behaviors associated with
autism.
A.S.P.I.A. Launches -
A Support Group "to acknowledge the
difficulties and differences and provide
objective information on how Asperger's
Syndrome impacts on a relationship and what
steps can be taken to reduce the confusion,
conflict and crushing emotional experiences
that characterise the private lives of those
affected."
...Read more.
Think women
are more sarcastic? Yeah, whatever!
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Men's language less literal, study shows -
You go into work, grab a coffee and sit down
with the newspaper. A co-worker walks by and
says, "Don't work too hard." Is the
sarcastic colleague more likely to be a man,
or a woman? By Anne Mcilroy
College District Held Responsible for
Disability Discrimination of an Employee with Asperger’s Syndrome
- "...The jury concluded that the employer subjected its employee with
disability to
disparate treatment, and that GCCCD failed to timely engage in an
ADA interactive process in good faith even after US Department of
Education’s Office of Civil Rights
(DOE
OCR) intervention and request to comply with the law. ...The
jury saw here a competent, dedicated individual with Asperger's
Syndrome whose needs and contributions were discounted by her
employer. And they held the employer responsible. People with
developmental disabilities take note, there is a place for you in
the workplace. Your skills and intelligence and effort can make a
dramatic difference at work. Do not give up!"
Asperger's
Syndrome: Breaking Through Impenetrable
Barriers
Some students linger long after they have
disappeared from view. They are reminders of
what could have been done had we just been
able to reach them, had they only been
able to take advice and understand that
college was a serious business, beyond what
was accepted and understood in high school.
In the weeks after they walk away and land
themselves on the front page of the college
newspaper, you will wonder what you could
have done had you been fully understood what
they were fighting against to show up to
class each day. / Christopher J. Stephens is
an adjunct college English instructor for
Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute
of Technology, Western New England College,
and Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
By Dan
Coulter -
People can be such jerks. Other people. Not
you and me. When we get upset and are
impatient or short with people, it's for
good and valid reasons. If people could only
see the pressures we're under or the
unfairness of the situations we have to deal
with. Hmmm.
...Read more.
Dealing with
Asperger Syndrome
Film reveals a journey of self-discovery
After years of wondering why he was
different, Nick Dubin's self-diagnosis last
year that he had Asperger Syndrome brought
relief.
...Read more.
Katrina -
What the Autism
Community did for Love
It’s Back to School...
TEACHING KIDS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME FOR THE
FIRST TIME
You're a teacher. You've just found out that you're going to have a
student with Asperger Syndrome (AS) in class this year. You're in for
an interesting year. And that's not coded language for "brace
yourself." It's a real-life perspective that teaching a child with AS
often gives you as many opportunities as challenges.
By Dan Coulter
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND CHOOSING COLLEGE
COURSES
We just took our son, Drew, who has Asperger Syndrome, back to college
for his senior year. Time has really flown. It's hard to believe he'll
graduate next spring. Preparing to take him back to school this year
was easier than getting him ready to go his freshman year.
By Julie Coulter
TEACHING KIDS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME FOR THE FIRST TIME
- You're a teacher. You've just found out that you're going
to have a student with Asperger Syndrome (AS) in class this
year. You're in for an interesting year. And that's not coded
language for "brace yourself." It's a real-life
perspective that teaching a child with AS often gives you as many
opportunities as challenges. By Dan Coulter
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND CHOOSING COLLEGE
COURSES
We just took our son, Drew, who has Asperger Syndrome, back to
college for his senior year. Time has really flown. It's hard to
believe he'll graduate next spring. Preparing to take him back to
school this year was easier than getting him ready to go his
freshman year. By Julie Coulter
The Patty Clark Memorial Website -"People deserve to have their
feelings validated. Saying 'I am exhausted and I feel like no one
cares about me' calls for emotional support and also helpful
suggestions for tomorrow. No one can work themselves to exhaustion and
confusion every single day and always stay chipper and upbeat and
perky about their situation!!! Our best hope is to return to that
state in the morning."
"...of a
different mind" is a combined business web site
and a personal web site of Roger
N. Meyer. Within this web site, he
offer's you views of his writing, his work and himself.
Roger is a published author, a special education advocate, a paid
social security representative, and individual disability and civil
rights advocate. He is co-founder of
Oregon Parents United (1998), and co-founder of
ASPIRES (2000). Roger lives in Portland, Oregon - U.S.A.
Musical by Neil Simon Celebrates Temple Grandin
- "Temple", music
by Norman Durkee, book and Lyrics by Silvia Peto (March 2- April 1,
2006). Based on the real life of a girl who did not speak until she
was three but grew up — despite her autism — to achieve success, a
doctorate and more, "this world premiere musical celebrates the
determined ingenuity of a miraculous spirit through the true story of
Temple Grandin." By
Ernio Hernandez
ASPERGER'S SYNDROME: A SPECIAL REPORT (Part One of Two)
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"“Let’s not
use the word ‘cure’ if you don’t mind… When you talk about cure you
imply that we’re broken. I don’t feel broken.” So says Liane Holliday
Willey, a woman who not so long ago would have been described as a
“victim” of Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s been more than 60 years since
the Austrian doctor Hans Asperger identified the condition that bears
his name, but it has only been in the past decade or so that we have
begun to understand its broader
implications. Asperger’s Syndrome may be a part of the autistic
spectrum, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that an “Aspie” can’t
function in the world.
Click here to listen
to "Asperger's Syndrome" on The Infinite Mind.
Part I
Click here to listen to "Asperger's Syndrome (Part 2)
Daniel Tammet: Inside the mind of a staggering
genius / Daniel
Tammet can recite pi to 22,514 decimal places and speak seven
languages, one of which he learnt in a week. Unlike other
'prodigious savants', he knows how he does it - Daniel
Tammet is doing mental arithmetic: 37 x 37 x 37 x 37. His
fingers hover above the table, tracing shapes visible to no one
but himself. A few seconds later, he smiles: the answer is
1,874,161. By Sarah Meyrick
Dennis Debbaudt's Autism Risk &
Safety Newsletter - Spring,
2005
ASPIRES sends a Special
Thanks to Maxin Aston author of
The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome: A guide to an Intimate
Relationship with a Partner who
has Asperger Syndrome and Aspergers in Love:
Couple Relationships and Family Affairs
who recently addressed over
200 psychiatrists in a 3 day conference in Norway on the
Cassandra Affected Disorder (CAD). Stay tuned for more
details.
Just harder, not impossible
- Jordan Ackerson, above,
finishes hard while running laps during a recent track team
practice at LOHS. LOHS sophmore Jordan Ackerson is
insightful, caring, funny and -- oh yeah -- he has autism.
By Alandra Johnson
Representing Autism:
Writing, Cognition, Disability. A conference hosted by the SCE
(Society for Critical Exchange) Disability Studies has largely
overlooked the culture and discourses of cognitive
disabilities. Nonetheless, one cognitive disorder has begun to
receive a great deal of attention both in the academy and in the
popular media.
...Read more.
LIBERATE THE
NEUROTYPICALS! - Poor neurotypicals. Sometimes they just don't
have a clue. What's a neurotypical? It's a label for someone who doesn't
have Asperger Syndrome
or "AS." (I don't know who coined the term, but I first heard it used by
Dr. Peter Gerhardt.) We can call neurotypicals "NT's" for short. By
Dan Coulter - 4/2005
"The highest result of education
is tolerance."- Helen Keller
This quote introduces the Appellate
Brief to the Supreme Court of Maine, CUM-04-569, filed on March 2,
2005 by Gayle A. Fitzpatrick and Charles A.
Rankowski on behalf of their AS son which requests that State and Federal
Laws be applied equally to Autistic individuals.
...Read the brief.
It is Autism Week for NBC &
Newsweek! Media
Coverage
- 2/2005
The Power of Fun - We tend to remember extremes:
our best days and worst days. You usually can't control the
worst days. Bad stuff happens when it happens. But you can make
more days some of your family's best
days by recognizing and harnessing the power
of fun. It can bring your family closer, help
you teach your kids what you want them to learn and get you all
through tough times. By Dan Coulter - 2/2005
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Oregon Health Science University to Take child Away from Mother
/ OHSU threatens to
take an autistic child from
his mother: Her crime? Seeking medical treatment for her
son.
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Update on activist response request - 2/11/2005
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Update on activist response request - 2/17/2005
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Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact
by Leo Kanner /
This article is the complete article by
Leo Kanner, written in 1943 paper.
It appears on the Brazilian autism site of the Autistic Friends Association
and is republished on ASPIRES
with permission.
Asperger Syndrome Experts Endorse New “INTRICATE MINDS” Peer Awareness
Video Some of the country’s leading experts in Asperger Syndrome
(AS) have endorsed a new video designed to help classmates accept and
befriend students with AS, who
are now frequently subjected to teasing, harassment and isolation. The video is
titled, “INTRICATE MINDS: Understanding Classmates With Asperger
Syndrome.” ...Read more.
- 2/2005
WHO'S TO KNOW? Disclosing Asperger Syndrome
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Your son or daughter has Asperger Syndrome.
Who do you tell? Who do they tell? By Dan Coulter - 2/2005
Asperger Syndrome in
Military Service -
To the
author's knowledge, Asperger Syndrome (AS) as it affects the
military service has not received any substantial public
attention prior to
publication of this paper. A fully annotated version of
this document will be available in early 2005. By Roger N.
Meyer - 2/2005
Teaching What
Matters - "Wouldn't the world be a better place if our
kids hung on our every word? If
they worshiped our wisdom and lived to do everything we told
them to do?"
By Dan Coulter - 1/2005
Confusion
-
This is written by a Danish woman who has been
married more than 30 years to a
husband who just recently discovered and disclosed his having
Asperger Syndrome.
Autistic Liberation Front fights the 'oppressors searching for a
cure'
By David Harrison and Tony Freinberg - It is the latest
freedom movement for an "oppressed" minority: the Autistic
Liberation Front. You can wear a badge, buy a mug or don a
T-shirt proclaiming the movement's goals - to celebrate autism,
stop the search for a cure and "defend the dignity of autistic
citizens". The movement, which uses the clenched fist as
its logo, was founded recently in America but has rapidly won
support in Britain. Adherents compare
themselves with gay liberationists, fighting for their "human
rights".
Some Extremely Reasonable
Suggestions for “Typical” Parents, Family, and Teachers on
Behalf of Kids
With Asperger’s Syndrome.
By Jennifer McIlwee Myers, Aspie-at-Large
Demystifying Asperger syndrome - Every
schoolyard has a few: the kids on the fringes. They have
obsessive interests and play alone. These kids just don’t fit
in, and it’s painful for them and their families who often
aren’t sure how to help. Produced by Telefactory Inc. Sunday, January 9, at 10:00
p.m. EST, repeated Sunday January 16 at 4:00 p.m. - 1/2005
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"Asperger syndrome
from childhood into adulthood"
By Tom Berney
A very Special Thanks to author, Tom
Berney and The
The Royal College of Psychiatrists,
especially Dave Jago, Head of Publications
for facilitating this request
and making
this article available FREE of charge for
our community. "Tom Berney is a
consultant in developmental psychiatry with
the Northgate & Prudhoe NHS Trust (Prudhoe
Hospital, Prudhoe, Northumberland and at the
Fleming Nuffield Child Psychiatry Unit,
Newcastle upon Tyne. He is also honorary
consultant to European Services for People
with Autism, a registered charity that
provides community services."
AASCEND Conference KEYNOTE April
24, 2004, San Francisco, CA - Slides and Transcript by
Roger N. Meyer
How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading
- Jack Thomas, a 10th
grader at a school for autistic teenagers and an expert on the
nation's roadways, tore himself away from his satellite map one
recent recess period to critique a television program about the
search for a cure for autism. "We don't have a disease," said
Jack, echoing the opinion of the other 15 boys at the
experimental Aspie school here in the
Catskills. "So we can't be 'cured.' This is just the way we
are," by Amy Harmon - 12/2004
A Credo for Support
by Norman Kunc & Emma Van der
Klift
Neurodiversity.com
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Honoring the variety of human wiring
Saved from a life of lonely misery
Chris Mitchell always knew he was different from the other children.
As fellow pupils boisterously chased each other round the schoolyard,
Chris preferred to sit alone. He found it impossible to interact with
anyone and wasn't comfortable in social situations, feeling safest in
his own company with his thoughts and fantasies. Chris would pretend
to be Bob Holness hosting Blockbusters or think about Thomas the Tank
Engine and Friends, the show which was his escape from the torment of
school.
By Beth Neil
Good People Behaving Badly /
Bad Behavior No Matter What - The following post is a modified, later
edited version of a response first sent to a listserv specializing in adult
Asperger Syndrome issues. It was sparked by a lively discussion concerning AS
adults caught in criminal entanglements, and the rush to their defense of some
individuals in the disability support community by Roger N. Meyer
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew by
Ellen Notbohm /
South Florida Parenting Magazine -
Ellen Notbohm is a freelance
writer and columnist for Autism/Asperger's Digest and co-author of
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum by Veronica Zysk and Ellen Notbohm.
She lives in Portland, Oregon. Veronica Zysk
was Executive
Director of the Autism Society of America from 1991 - 1996 and is now Managing
Editor of Autism/Asperger's Digest.
Oldies
but
Goodies
Defying autism /
Despite
disorder, Grandin finds success as designer of
livestock-handling equipment -
Temple Grandin talks
about autism and her life during an interview Sunday in Dodge
City. Ask Temple Grandin to describe how she thinks, and she
tells you to name something that isn't familiar to her and isn't
in the same room. If you say "a pyramid," she immediately
visualizes the pyramid on a dollar bill, followed by a photo of
a pyramid on the cover of a recent National Geographic
magazine. Then her mind conjures up images of the sphinx,
followed by the stone lions in
front of a New York City library, by Eric Swanson - 12/2004
Revenge of the Nerds - "Once outcasts, some autistics now see
their condition as a cognitive gift and even the next stage
in human evolution—at the dawn of the transhuman age, who's to
say they're wrong?" By George Dvorsky - 1/2005
60 MINUTES TO AIR
PIECE ON JERRY NEWPORT AND MARY MEINEL
Eight years ago, "60 Minutes" introduced viewers
to Jerry Newport and Mary Meinel, both of whom have a
form of autism known as Asperger's Syndrome.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert
Einstein
 Original logo.
Why Nerds Are Unpopular / If you're
too cool for school, you're probably not very smart. Some of us would rather
build
rockets than friendships, by Paul Graham - Wire Magazine 12/2004
Different for decades - Geeky. Clueless. Loner. Loser. Just
plain odd. All their lives, they have heard these words and
society's ruthless verdict that, try as they might, they can never
achieve that indefinable state of "fitting in." Finally these people
are hearing a new word: Asperger's. At long last, medicine has a
label for their quirks. "Before I got a diagnosis, even I thought I
was crazy," said one man attending a Middlesex support group. "I
thought I was weird,
strange. And I didn't know why," by Kathleen O'Brian - 11/2004
Reducing Special Needs Parent Stress
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A lot of parents who have kids with special needs get a free helping of
stress every day. With extra nuts -- and sprinkles.
If this is you, how do you start an anti-stress diet? Start small. Take a
break.
Oh yeah, right. When are you going to find the time?
by Dan Coulter -
11/2004
Dealing with Kid's
Setbacks - Some days it just seems all too much. You get a
call from the school about an incident with your son. Or your
daughter comes home defiant and tearful. And whatever you do seems
like the wrong thing. Well, it's probably not. The right
thing to do isn't always the perfect thing. Or rather, you don't
need to find the perfect solution to do something that helps. If
you're like most parents (and by most parents, I mean, me) you don't
routinely hit the ball out
of the park. There's a fair amount of trial and error involved, by
Dan Coulter 11/2004
Dennis Debbaudt's Autism Risk & Safety Newsletter - Fall Edition
- 2004
Asperger's Confounds
Colleges -
A surge of students diagnosed with an
autism-related disorder poses new challenge. By the eighth grade,
Stephen M. Shore had taught himself to play every instrument in his school's
band. But seven years later, during his junior year at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst, a run-of-the-mill academic assignment stumped him, by
Elizabeth F. Farrell -
10/2004
Discovering Asperger Syndrome - Getting a diagnosis of
Asperger Syndrome for your child is sort of like getting hit by a
slow freight train. Usually, you know something's wrong. Maybe you
got worried. Maybe teachers or others urged you to get your child
checked out. Maybe, like my wife and I, you went through several
other diagnoses first. But even though you knew something was coming, you still feel the
impact when you get the official word, by Dan Coulter -
10/2004
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There are still people who believe autism is "misbehavior," or is "psychiatric"
and can be treated by drugs - lots of expensive drugs. During the years
since 1965 mothers have become more amenable to being labeled parents of
autistics, since it is no longer thought to be "all their fault" by most people.
Tolerance of individual differences in schools and at work has decreased, due to
the nature of our society, the drastically decreased need for laborers and
entry-level clerks, and other changes, by
- 10/2004
Shutdowns and Stress in Autism
/
"A shutdown is a particular sequence of behavior which we observed
in a child diagnosed as high-functioning within the autistic
spectrum. ...Do shutdowns
worsen the symptoms of autism ?" By Ingrid M. Loos Miller and
Hendricus G. Loos [written for parents] - 9/2004
Shutdown
States and Stress Instability in Autism
/
A scientific version of the above
paper provides a detailed discussion of the physiological basis and
mechanisms involved
by Ingrid M. Loos
Miller and Hendricus G. Loos - 9/2004
Asperger syndrome from childhood into adulthood
by Dr.Tom Berney / Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2004)
A "SPECIAL" thanks to Dr. Berney and the Royal College of
Psychiatrists
who have graciously made this article available to our community,
FREE of charge.
Lost Boys - Autism and My Son /
They used to be thought of as loners, misfits,
even geniuses. Now they're being labeled "autistic." But here's the
scary part: The diagnosis may boil down to an excess
of maleness. By Lou Schuler / Men’s
Health 9/2004
The challenge of adolescents and adults with Asperger syndrome
By Digby Tantam, MA, MPH, PhD, AFBPsS,
FRCPsych
Centre for the Study of Conflict and Reconciliation, School of
Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent’s
Court, United Kingdom /
Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry Clinics of North America (2003). This
article is
currently available in part of a
FREE issue devoted to AS.
Perhaps
they're just wired a bit differently - People with brain disorders
seek more acceptance - "...As the number of Americans with
brain disorders grows, so has skepticism toward the grab bag of
syndromes they are being tagged with, from ADD to Asperger's to
bipolar I, II or III," By Amy Harmon, New York Times – 7/2004
"Define
Me." -
A DVD
Resource by Sondra
Williams Sondra shares what it is like to have autism and
The
Gumball Theory of Language
Being
Honest about Non-Verbal Communication Problems with Special
Attention Paid to Time Management
- The four-section
article found below contains an explanation for special terms
found in Stephen Nowicki and Marshall Duke's 2002 book entitled
"Will I Ever Fit In?"
by Roger N. Meyer
- 7/2004
Answer, but No Cure, for a Social Disorder That Isolates Many
- "...This new wave of discovery among Aspies, as many call
themselves, is also sending ripples through the lives of their
families, soothing tension among some married couples, prompting
others to call it quits. Parents who saw their adult children as
lost causes or black sheep are fumbling for ways to help them,
suddenly realizing that they are disabled, not stubborn or lazy," by Amy Harmon, New York Times – 4/2004
I know of nobody
who is purely
Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had some Autistic moments,
which is why the planets all spin."
~ Jerry Newport
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Some
are the melody, some are the rhythm, some are the harmony