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24 Mar 2008, 7:42 am

I'm planning when I'm older to make presentations all over the world to tell people more about people with Asperger's. Maybe a bit like Temple Grandin.

What does everyone else think?



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24 Mar 2008, 7:46 am

mightyzebra wrote:
I'm planning when I'm older to make presentations all over the world to tell people more about people with Asperger's. Maybe a bit like Temple Grandin.

What does everyone else think?


great goal. I have started to be invited to speak at conferences myself. 8)


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24 Mar 2008, 7:47 am

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great goal. I have started to be invited to speak at conferences myself. 8)


Good for you! What sort of things will you say? I would most likely mention ABA myself. Even some Aspies on here dissapprove of it.


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24 Mar 2008, 8:50 am

here's some video of me speaking at conferences: http://alexplank.com/profile.php#Videos


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24 Mar 2008, 9:24 am

education is a good thing. who is better to educate than those who have been dx with it?



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24 Mar 2008, 1:04 pm

alex wrote:
here's some video of me speaking at conferences: http://alexplank.com/profile.php#Videos


You're famous! I've watched a bit of your first video - good job! I couldn't really hear what the audience said, like when you asked those questions and the man got the t-shirt etc.

P.S Could I possibly pm you?


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25 Mar 2008, 6:06 am

Good to hear of your plans mightyzebra.

I gave a talk at work a few weeks ago to 100+ physiotherapists.

I am giving a talk at the Northern Brisbane region daycare conference. Daycare workers get together for inservice training.

I've had major hassles with the school this year. Finally things are getting done (the Principal is listening). She's organising me to speak at the school some time this year.

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26 Mar 2008, 9:33 am

Speaking about AS and Autism is something that should be done in my area, maybe I should give it a shot, people where I live think of us only as 'paitents' and don't really know how we live.

I hope everything go well, this is a wonderful thing to work toward.


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