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Neurodiversity Writing Challenge
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Bonnie Ventura
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Neurodiversity Writing Challenge
Star Trek fanfic writers are invited to participate in a Neurodiversity Writing Challenge, featuring autistic characters and others with unusual neurology in the Star Trek universe.
For more information see Ventura33's Neurodiversity Page
All stories will be posted on Autistic Pride Day, June 18, 2005.
"...to know when the great wheel gives to a touch; to know and act."
Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
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| 01-05-2005 05:28 PM |
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Bonnie Ventura
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The stories have been posted! Check them out:
Cultural Evaluation On a world where autistics are the majority, people who are too social are diagnosed with Oversocialization Spectrum Disorder.
Another Look In a temporal accident, autistic engineer Reg Barclay has the misfortune to find himself in the prejudiced society of 2015.
Please do not be next A poem about society's insistence on conformity.
Enough A spooky story about a child's encounter with something unknown.
Lost Years A mother obsessively seeks a miracle cure for her daughter's disability.
What Makes the Best Pilot Tom Paris pilots Voyager through a dangerous region of space.
We Were Not Always Thus An alien race has killed off its autistics, with very unfortunate evolutionary consequences.
"...to know when the great wheel gives to a touch; to know and act."
Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
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Cindy
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Remember, half the people you know are below average.
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| 06-18-2005 08:05 AM |
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Bonnie Ventura
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Thanks Cindy! :grin:
Happy Autistic Pride Day to all!
"...to know when the great wheel gives to a touch; to know and act."
Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
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