Archive for August, 2009
Review of Know Yourself Conference
by Alex
Dear Readers, On July 18 AANE held their 3rd annual conference for adults with AS entitled Know Yourself: The Key to a Better Life. I attended it to hear the opinions of those speaking and to also write my thoughts on the conference into the blog. The main speaker was Ari Ne’eman, founding president of [...]
August 27, 2009
Posted in: AS Community & Culture, Events
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Fight or Flight
by Lindsay
I heard something somewhere (let me know if you know where this comes from) that people on the spectrum are constantly in a state of ‘fight or flight.’ We get so overloaded with sensory or emotional information that subconscious says either “Get out of here!” or “You wanna fight? Let’s go, I can take you.” [...]
August 12, 2009
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Tags: employment, work issues
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The AspBlogosphere’s New Look
by Alex
AANE is lucky enough to have two new blog authors join our ranks. Alex and Lindsay will be blogging about their lives and some important issues to them. Alex will be writing about his life and some of his interests (games, movies, etc) and Lindsay will be writing about her employment and experiences with work culture. [...]
August 6, 2009
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Clay Marzo – Just Add Water
by Alex
From the time Clay Marzo stepped onto the scence he has been an inspiration to everyone. His creative, unique style of surfing are featured in his new film “Just Add Water” along with all of the challeneges that come with his recent diagnosis with Asperger Syndrome. Recently Clay appeared on ESPN to talk about his surfing [...]
August 6, 2009
Posted in: AS Community & Culture
Tags: AS, Community, Diagnosis, Sports
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