'ey!

My name is Ivar and I live in Stavanger, Norway.

I'm 17 years old at this point and was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when I was 13. I joined the AFF forum shortly after I knew of my diagnosis, but have been most active since the end of 2006.

I want to contribute to establishing communities for people on the autistic spectrum in Norway. I've already managed to establish one meetup with the help of Mercurygrrl who also visits this site and we have recently created a mailing list for people on the spectrum interested in participating in meetups in Stavanger. We have currently 5 people interested in participating with this mailing list and we have a coming meetup.

I also wish to improve the quality of information regarding diets that are advertised as beneficial treatments for autistics, criticize misinformation and convince experts in related fields that there's a need of discussion regarding the gluten and casein free diet so that parents can make informed decisions before they put their autistic children on the diet. My personal idea is that the diet can't treat autism specifically but could possibly be beneficial in some other way. I still wish to be open-minded about other possibilities.

I'm inspired by the president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network - Ari Ne'eman, and hope I may give as great and well-balanced statements as him in the future.