Comments on: 2nd Annual Penn Autism Network Conference: Journeys Through Adolescence and Adulthood (March 15-16)

By: Luther Rangeley

Luther Rangeley — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:30:40 +0000

from the memoirs of an asperger person:
Aspergers is a type of autism and the greatest value of this book–to anyone other than me–is that I had no idea I was autistic when I wrote it and had never heard of aspergers. So unlike the many memoirs available written by autistic people, this one is an objective study of the syndrome written by someone who was not trying to fit himself into that mold. But those who are in the know will find aspergers on every page. Which to me is a validation of the diagnosis itself, which skeptics want to call “the flavor of the week” in the menagerie of psychobabbloid excuses to not function properly as modern Americans.

By: Question from a reader about colleges

Question from a reader about colleges — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:02:16 +0000

[...] Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities; I’ve spoken on a panel about transitinoing to post-secondary education for autistic students with the Center’s director, Vincent Varassi, and am contacting him to find out if there are [...]

By: Colors and Uniqueness

Colors and Uniqueness — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:42:33 +0000

[...] The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Another featured speaker at the exhibition is Scott Robertson, a graduate student at Penn State; he has Asperger Syndrome and is vice president and Pennsylvania [...]

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By: Autism Vox » Some thoughts on teaching college students on the spectrum

Autism Vox » Some thoughts on teaching college students on the spectrum — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:12:12 +0000

[...] Yesterday I was at a special luncheon celebrating freshmen students for their outstanding academic achievements. I was sitting with a friend, a history professor; at the table were two students who had gotten their certificates of achievement, and their mothers. As the lunch drew to an end, my friend asked me, “So, how is your son doing?” “Really good,” I said and then something motivated me to mention that I am speaking on a panel today about my experiences teaching college students on the autism spectrum. We talked about Asperger’s syndrome and autism and I described my view of the spectrum, of similarities between the two resonating more than differences. We were just starting to agree that we have both encountered students in our classrooms who have Asperger’s syndrome. [...]