www.aspie-editorial.com

HEADLINES

“UN declares World Autism Day”:
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=8108344

NAS “World Autism Awareness Day”:
http://www.think-differently.org.uk/Whats%20going%20on/Latest%20news/Events/World%20Autism%20Awareness%20Day.aspx

“NAS Conference 2008”:
http://www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1549

Kathleen Seidel “What a web of actual links we can weave”:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/COLUMNISTS03/933585002

“Former employee files suit against Overland Park”:
http://kccommunitynews.com/articles/2008/04/04/blue_valley_sun/news/doc47f3ddd8d68c3181111159.txt

“MMR row doctor faces GMC”:
http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/latest-national-news/MMR-row-doctor-faces-GMC.3918420.jp

“Longridge teenager gives co-op the buzz”:
http://www.longridgenews.co.uk/longridge-news/Longridge-teenager-gives-Coop-the.3819850.jp

“Living with autism in the UK”:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7326323.stm

RESEARCH

“Study supports theory that rise in autism is related to changes in diagnosis”:
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=103315

“Virtual reality teaches autistic children street crossing”:
http://www.huliq.com/48593/virtual-reality-teaches-autistic-children-street-crossing

“Autistic children may learn from virtual peers”:
http://www.huliq.com/52255/children-autism-may-learn-virtual-peers

“Autism runs in families”:
http://www.11alive.com/news/education/article_education.aspx?storyid=114103

“Study explores delicate issue of discussing autism”:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/080326/21/169hp.html

New Study “Encouraging preschool kids to talk to themselves”:
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=102160

“Special diets and autism”:
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=101499

“Premature babies”:
http://www.topix.net/content/reuters/2008/04/premature-babies-at-higher-risk-of-autism-study

ADD/ADHD

“Eating disorders common in ADHD girls”:
http://www.kmbc.com/health/15720453/detail.html

“ADD need not keep kids down”:
http://www.binghamtonpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080314/OPINION/803140320/1005/OPINION

“adders.org”

Our objective is to promote awareness to AD/HD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) and to provide information and as much free practical help as we can to affected by the condition, both adults and children, their families in the UK and around the World via this website.
http://www.adders.org/

“ADHD Pages”:
http://www.adhd.org.uk/

“Young ADD & ADHD People Matter”:
http://www.yadhdpm.co.uk/

Simon Leggett “ADD for Adults”:
http://www.simonleggett.com/

“Myths associated with ADHD”:
http://www.yadhdpm.co.uk/

“Famous People Who Have Been Blessed with ADHD”:
http://www.yadhdpm.co.uk/

GENERAL/HUMAN INTEREST

NAS “Stars Shine for Autism – 29^th April, 2008”

With Special Performance by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa:
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=228&a=15566

NAS “Think Differently About Autism”

Autism also affects adults.

Most are isolated and ignored. Think. Act. Transform lives.
http://www.think-differently.org.uk/

“Autistics don’t want to be cured”:
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2008/04/autistics-dont.html

“Autistic children linked to same sperm donor”:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/02/autism.sperm.donor/index.html

CNN manager: “Asperger’s – My life as an earthbound alien”:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/28/autism.essay/index.html

“The connection between IT and Asperger’s Syndrome”:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=288

“Soldier fights for autism care”:
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,164735,00.html?ESRC=army.nl

“One man’s story: When an autistic child grows up”:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/01/autism.jeffs.story/index.html

SYNESTHESIA

“Synesthesia – FAQ”:
http://www.bu.edu/neuropsychology/synvc.html

“Rare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color”:
http://www.livescience.com/health/050222_synesthesia.html

EDUCATION

NAS “Autism Education Trust Roadshows”:
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1499&a=16032

“Schools flouting admission laws”:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080402/tuk-schools-flouting-admissions-laws-dba1618.html

“Autistic child charged with biting teacher”:
http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_088221520.html

EMPLOYMENT

“Auties.org”:

Auties.org is an Aspie & Autie friendly site for all people on the Autistic Spectrum who are ready to dare reach out to occupation and employment, open the doors to the community and market their abilities directly to the public and for those interested in supporting these pioneers.
http://www.auties.org/

“Autism Jobs”:
Linking job seekers with vacancies in work related to autism, Aspergers and ASDs
http://www.autismjobs.org/?section=00010009

NAS “Training opportunities for volunteers”:
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1292

SPORT

“Running For Autism, Not Against It”:
http://therunman.blogspot.com/2008/04/running-for-autism-not-against-it-why.html

“Streamwood man runs 50 marathons in 50 states”:
http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=23065

NAS “Hike the Pike and tackle Tuscany with the NAS”:
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=228&a=15275

MUSIC

“The Musical Genius – Derek Paravacini”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwjDLHX92w&feature=related

ART

“Mickey Doolittle”

Mickey Doolittle was born in 1939, when doctors knew very little about autism. They incorrectly thought it was caused by bad parenting, particularly cold mothers they called “refrigerator moms.” He stayed at home with his parents and his two older brothers and a sister until he was six, not going to school or talking and spending his days quietly cutting out pictures from Life magazines.
http://www.theoutsidersart.com/gallery/mickydoolittle2/

Peter Myers: An exact mind”:
http://www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=433&a=5136

“Peter’s art taught us a great deal”:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2004/05/12/ecfaut12.xml

MOVIE NEWS

“Actors for Autism”:
http://www.actorsforautism.com/

“The Black Balloon”:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865297/

BOOKS

“The Potty Journey”

Author: Judith A Coucouvanis
http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9001.htm

“Autism and Loss”

Author: Rachel Forrester-Jones and Sarah broadhurst
http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book.php/isbn/9781843104339

“Autism, Discrimination and the Law”

Author: James Graham
http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book.php/isbn/9781843106272

“Born On The Wrong Planet”

Author: Erica Hammerschmidt
http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9014.htm

“Girls Under the Umbrella of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Practical Solutions for Addressing Everyday Challenges”:

Author: Lori Ernsperger, Ph D., and Danielle Wendel
http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9989.htm

“Asperger Download: A Guide To Help Teenage Males with Asperger Syndrome Trouble-Shoot Life’s Challenges”

Authors: Josie and Damian Santomauro
http://www.asperger.net/bookstore_9990.htm

Hope you enjoyed the read.

In closing, I leave you with “The Song of Autism”…

The Song of Autism

by Philip Ashton

I bring you joy, delight, happiness and wonder
I bring you sorrow, sadness and pain
I am the dawn of each new day, promiseful of hope
I am sunshine, I am shadow
I am a sonata in a minor key
I am a concerto in a major key.

I entrance you, intrigue you, bewilder you
I charm you, exasperate you, amaze you
I am what in your ignorance you fear
I comfort you, console you, enlighten you
Some days all you desire I am
Some days my leaving you long for.

I am strong, I am vulnerable, I am confident, I am doubting
I am solitude — peaceful and silent, in self-value secure
I am community — solidarity, unity, strength, love
I am countless stories in creativity forged — imagination opening, knowledge expanding,
truth revealing
I am a rainbow reflected tree dappled in a forest lake
I am a mischevious spirit singing and dancing and playing with unrestrained glee.

In myriad forms I come, each one unique
I am a strange mysterious land, never to be fully explored.
With love I invite you
Accept me at least
But if you welcome me, if you befriend me
Your lives I will enrich.

September 2004

Reproduced by permission of the author

Take Care,

Julie