Aspies For Freedom

  Lighting the Way - ASD in our Community

  And it looks like they have a clue, too!  :-)

  The main speakers for the conference ar Dr. Val Paradiz and Kristi Sikai; from looking at their respective sites, it looks like they're neurodiversity-friendly, which is a *major* plus! (If anyone is familiar with either of them, feel free to comment)

  I know a couple of the people on the planning committee, so I'll be seeing if I can offer any input to the conference.

  More as I get it...

  -BobB

BobB Wrote:

The main speakers for the conference ar Dr. Val Paradiz and Kristi Sikai; from looking at their respective sites, it looks like they're neurodiversity-friendly, which is a *major* plus! (If anyone is familiar with either of them, feel free to comment)

Dr. Val Paradiz is an aspie herself: "Valerie’s memoir, Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley, 2005) is the compelling story of the author's experiences raising her autistic son, their involvement together in the grassroots self-advocacy community, and her own ultimate diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome."

Glad to hear it! I'm not familiar with the other speaker, but Dr. Val Paradiz has a very positive view.

BobB

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