Aspies For Freedom

Hello everybody!

I am a 24 year old exchange student from Freiburg in Germany, and study now here at the East London University for one semester.
Since I consider myself to have some 'traits' of Asperger, I am very interested in the subject 'Autism'.

I now am taking a course in Anthropology about the mentioned 'Cultures of Dominance and Cultures of Resistance'. And for this course, I am going to do a project about ‘autistic culture’.

I would like to base my project not only on books, but on real people and their experiences with growing up and living in our society. For this reason, I would like to do some interviews with different people being somewhere in the autistic spectrum. I would like to use this platform here to ask whether somebody would be interested to take part in this project by having an interview with me. It was nice, if you then could tell me more about AFF, but this is definitely no must!

In this interview, I would mainly just listen to your experiences, impressions and thoughts, and ask only very few questions in order to get a better understanding of a special topic. You could stop the interview at any time, not answer a question if you feel uncomfortable about it or just would rather not, and above all get the chance to point out your view of the issue. You could take a break at any time you’d wish to do so, and you would choose, where (in London! ) and when the interview would take place. It would take approximately between 20 min and an hour. If you have any questions about this project or myself (or just would like me to explain something better, because English is not my mother tongue and thus my language is not very exact), I would be happy to answer them.

Just write to maxvogelmann@gmx.de, or use the message service here, or post it.

When the essay will be finished, I would be glad to hand it to you to discuss it!

Since I am a poor student (true cliché), I can offer you as a reward nothing more then the chance to express your point of view on the experience of living and /or growing up in our society. If you like, I can bring cookies!

Thank You!

Hey Guys!

That all sounds very good and I hope the discussion goes on.
However, I started this post in order to get an interview and I am still very eager to interview anyone who is interested.
I forgot to mention, that it of course will be anonymous and strictly confidental.
I need someone in London by the end of April / start of May.
If you preferred to meet not face-to-face, we could as well do it by mail/messenger/chatroom/phone/...
But a 'proper' interview would be much more effective.
Thank You!

I think we can all agree -without flaming- that pedophilia is a very bad disease, like leprosy or AIDS. It can destroy not just one life but many.
If an illness causes some people to adopt particular attributes, isn't it more in the vein of pathology than anything else? Pedophiles themselves were usually abused as children, and the vector of this disease is always a new generation.

But if I had leprosy, I'd probably be too distracted by horrific suffering
(read: my own flesh rotting) to even think of hurting others. Some AIDS carriers spread the virus purposefully and maliciously by omitting their sexual histories to partners. Others simply have no clue they have AIDS, and the spreading of the disease in these cases accidental.

None of the above are excuses to hurt others, curable or not.

BOO-YA!

Maximilian:

I don't know why these folks aren't jumping at the chance to be interviewed. Consider me at your service!

You said you were in London, right? London, Canada, or London UK? In either case, I live in Brampton, Ontario (CAN) and I think e-mail, Messenger, and / or telephone would be most convenient.