Aspies For Freedom

Over the summer I became friends with an autistic (he was 18 and I was his first friend, so in some ways I have been his mentor too).  In order to aid me in understanding and interacting with him, I've read literally hundreds of books and articles.  Since that research was so time consuming and in order to continue I would need to find a way to let it overlap with my required reading, I decided to switch my senior thesis topic to something related to high-functioning autism.  It is going to be a sociological study (since I"m a sociology major...).  Much of it will probably be showing how common sociological frameworks/models are insufficient/inappropriate for analysis of the autistic community -- sociologies of disabled communities do not apply as HFAs often don't require accommodations after a certain age and it's more of a matter of "differently abled" than disabled (since the conditions comes with weaknesses AND strengths) and sociologies of disenfranchised/oppressed also do not really apply, as those assume that the division between the oppressed community and the dominant community is an arbitrary social construction (e.g., the division between race in the U.S. doesn't have anything to do with their ability to interact with one another.  That ability to interact in the case of autistics and NTs is (one of the) sources for their division).  That topic, however, is not set in stone.  My friend has provided me with some feedback, but I'd love to get more.  What do you think of my topic and what would you suggest for a topic.  Obviously I want to produce something that will aid academia in understanding the community better rather than providing [yet another] completely outsider perspective that is insensitive to the actual viewpoints of the community the study is addressing.
Thanks!

No more studies.  see this  http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=5151

There are a few on-line communities for people with autism:  this one, wrongplanet and some others.

I'm not asking for for help with the study or for "subjects" -- just an opinion.  Also I'm obviously not using this board primarily for the study.
However, I, of course understand if this post is still considered inappropriate and deleted.

I always found that when doing a project, you have to limit your topic.  Otherwise you will spend too much time researching and reading and end up with a ton of material.  So decide on a reasonable amount of time to do some research and see what information is available.  

The worse situation is when you have a thesis or topic and almost no information available on it.  You don't get marks for your opinions but usually a thesis backed up with facts.

So I would start with looking at some recent journal articles and go from there.  You can still be original and build on someone else's work.

I suppose you could send a Private Message to Gareth or Amy?