Archive for the ‘AS Community & Culture’ Category
Intro, Call for Contributions + Feedback
by DJ Gallagher
(Updated 8/31: new e-mail address) Hey, all. My name’s DJ, and I recently volunteered to help out with content and Web presence here at AspBlogosphere. I’ll explain about that in a second. First, a little about me: I am an adult with AS. I’ve got a blog of my own, and I program websites for [...]
August 26, 2010
Posted in: AS Community & Culture, AS Information & Support, Life
Tags: blogging, contributing, dj, geeks, hippies, meta, web
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Autism: Difference or Disorder?
by Nomi
A person with some characteristics of autism may be loyal, honest, trustworthy, hard-working, focused and thorough. However, give the same person “too much” autism, and he or she becomes so severely impaired as to render these positive features unhelpful. It is the impairment-to-benefit ratio, I think, that determines whether autism is a gift, a difference, or a disorder.
August 3, 2010
Posted in: AS Community & Culture
Tags: Asperger's, autism, benefit, Diagnosis, difference, disease, disorder
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The Meaning of Uniqueness
by Chris Damon-Cronmiller
On June 19th, I arrived at Arsenal Park right on time. A couple of days beforehand, I had offered to help and volunteer at AANE’s 9th annual Summer Barbecue, which is an event that is greatly looked forward to by many. I was looking forward to this event a great deal. On the other hand, [...]
July 22, 2010
Posted in: AS Community & Culture, AS News, Events, Testimonials
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Once In 10 Years
by Chris Damon-Cronmiller
There I was, sitting in Dania’s car with her on our way to the Massachusetts State House, not knowing in the least what to expect. Dania asked me a couple of days before my first day working as an intern for AANE, whether or not I would like to attend the ceremonial signing of the [...]
July 20, 2010
Posted in: AS Community & Culture, AS News, Events
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