I love someone with autism 2011 – Video from People CD Inc. on Vimeo.

I was referred to this video from @autismnews on twitter. It is really nice. I really like it.

I love what they are doing at www.usofautism.com.

Please take a look at the video–>
I totally get it, and can relate a great deal!!!

Please take a look at this interesting site, http://acousticforautism.org/about/ they also see to be trying to help raise money to help people with autism.

Here is more info:

Founded in 2008, Acoustic for Autism is a collaboration between childhood friends Louis Gendron and Michael Cusanelli. After 20 years, Louis and Michael reconnected and discovered the many things they still had in common, including careers in the entertainment industry, a continued passion for music, and the way autism had touched both of their families.

Acoustic for Autism features compelling, independent music specifically chosen to convey themes of love, compassion, hope and healing.

The goal of Acoustic for Autism is to increase awareness, acceptance, understanding for those with autism and to help raise funds for non-profit autism organizations focused on making a direct and immediate impact for children with autism and their families.

Why? Because autism is on the rise. Estimates in 2011 are that 1 in every 91 children is diagnosed each year and 1.7 million American families are currently affected by autism. Autism has become the most rapidly growing developmental disability – more common than Down’s syndrome, childhood diabetes, and juvenile cancer combined.

Most children with autism require specialized education and support services for their entire lives. However, an early diagnosis and intensive education can change the course of this childhood disorder. By supporting Acoustic for Autism, you support our beneficiaries who are helping our children with autism reach their fullest potential!

The following is my perspective on having High Functioning Asperger’s.

1) Kindergarden—> I realized that I was different in Kindergarden. In terms of academics it was crazy simple, I already new my numbers and letters prior to attending kindergarden and could already read. In terms of social interaction, I did not really know how to socialize with the other little people.

I have always felt like an old soul, with a greater awareness about many things, and am highly intuitive. I have watched some of the presentations that Dr. Temple Grandin has presented and I am similar in many respects. I am a bit visual and a bit pattern matching. I am obsessed as I have been told by other with defining my reality, wondering about many things. In a way being aspergers is like being the robot Johnny 5 from the Short Circuit movies, need more input.

By the time I was a pre-teen, I ready every science fiction book in the sci-fi section of the library near where I live.

Trouble from being aspergers—

I was supposed to skip grades 3 times, and one teach who was supposed to approve it in 3rd and 5th grade did not get me at all, and was not a fan. Part of the problem, is that when I was in his class in 3rd grade we had assignment where the one of the questions asked whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, I was quite aware that a tomato was a fruit. He it seems was not, I got the answer wrong and due to my lack of ability to give up or back down at times, and my sense of right and wrong I argued with him and irritated him a great deal. Mr. Chapman was his name. He did not allow me to skip the 2 grades that I was supposed to skip.

I was supposed to skip 7th grade, but my teacher, Mr. Jensen, told my parents, that I had the personality of a door knob, I tend to disagree, and no social skills, despite that I was blowing it out of the water in terms of my educational proficiency. In the early 1980’s things were different, the teachers just did not understand.

In middle school I did well academically but did not have a clue socially.

Besides my lack of a clue how to make friends, I have never been good at sports either. I have been ok but never great.

I think that part of it is that I trouble really getting into it, as they say. It is adrenalin rush, I barely have it. I lack the passion, I play it, by the rote, but stand there bored until the ball gets into my area and then I would throw it back.

I just do not get the point of it all.

I also notice a greater sense of awareness of sounds, able to read a 400+ page book in 3 to 4 hours. The kicker is that I have to be interested in the subject matter, actually, the more interested that I am, the faster that I can read it.

I have found a greater awareness of things like, I will tell my wife that her car sounds funny, and she says no it does not and then a week later it turns out that I was correct.

I am also crazy intuitive at times, which science tries to play down: No one sees the future, no on is reincarnated, it is all black and white. Being aspergers, and brighter than a carbon arc light as my computer teacher in college told me, I see things differently.

My perception of sound, smells, and visual ability seems enhanced at times.

I am better than most at figuring things out. I always seem to know be able to figure things out, what frustrates me is due to my weakness in the social side of things people tend to ignore my ideas or will not to take charge and make a difference.

That is a reason why I started my own website and soon to be non-profit, I want to make a difference for people especially autistic people and their families, since it is my endeavor, I can do what I see fit to make things back. There is no one saying you can not do this or that, the sky is the limit.

I have at times felt like a visitor in my own life, watching, cataloging, and have always felt different, less interfaced.

I have visual processing issues, and can not do the 3d puzzles where you are supposed to see the object hidden in the relate matrix of imagery. That really irritates and frustrates me.

I am also bad at depth perception especially when other people are near me. I hate parking my wife’s car and have some trouble perceiving how close the other cars are.

One of my sons is more on the autistic spectrum, I have noticed that he is entirely focused on what applies to him, and lacks certain compassion and concern. A few years ago, we were moving out of a house that we were renting, and while carrying a table, I dropped a large piece glass from a wooden table and it went through my toe and it was bleeding profusely, my more lower functioning autistic son came up to me and his one and only question was, dad I am hungry, when are we going to eat.

To be continued in a later article.

if you have questions email me, davidb@technewszone.com

An amazing person on the Asperger’s/Autism Spectrum from YouTube Temple Grandin.

Good Luck to James Durbin, here is a video of his March 30, 2011 American Idol performance.
He is on the Autism spectrum just like we are.

BARCELONA, Spain–With Apple, Samsung, LG, and Motorola all entering the tablet space, you had to know HTC would join them sooner or later, so we can’t say we were completely surprised when the Taiwanese handset manufacturer unveiled its first tablet today at Mobile World Congress 2011.
Everyone, meet the HTC Flyer. This Android 2.4 2.3-based tablet features a 7-inch Super LCD touch screen that’s encased in an aluminum unibody design. This is a design that the company has used on a number of its smartphones, including the HTC Legend, and we’ve always been fond of HTC’s craftsmanship, so we expect the same from the Flyer.
In all, the tablet measures 7.68 inches long by 4.92 inches wide by 0.51 inch thick and weighs just under a pound. HTC calls it a tablet that’s both compact and powerful, the power coming from a 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor.
The tablet also has 1GB RAM and 32GB ROM, along with a 5-megapixel camera, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, HSPA+ support, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. However, it’s not the hardware that makes the HTC Flyer distinctive, rather it’s the user experience and services that make this tablet notable.

Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-20031879-78.html#ixzz1I8zKcRyF

Lee Wilkinson

West Palm Beach Asperger & Education Examiner recently wrote the following article which is interesting and intriguing–>
There continues to be a pressing need for evidence-based guidance on providing treatment to children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The National Autism Center’s National Standards Project presents critical information about which treatments have been shown to be effective for children, adolescents, and young adults with ASD. This multiyear and comprehensive analysis examines and quantifies the level of research supporting interventions and treatments that target the core deficits of ASD. The findings include the identification of eleven (11) “established’ treatments; twenty-two (22) “emerging” treatments; and five (5) “unestablished” treatments. The report is available from the National Autism Center at their website

For more information please click here–>http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=452470105&gid=85631&type=member&item=48704360&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eexaminer%2Ecom%2Fasperger-education-in-west-palm-beach%2Fevidence-based-treatment-for-asd&urlhash=Gw4a&goback=%2Egde_85631_member_48704360

I was looking for information on James Durbin and how he is doing and found the following news release. We wish him the best of luck–>

James Durbin Has Shot At Final 10 On ‘American Idol’
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BY AMY LARSON, KSBW Action News 8

Wednesday is a big night for Santa Cruz’s James Durbin.

Durbin, an unemployed 22-year-old with Tourette’s syndrome, will perform again on “American Idol,” with hopes that voters will not boot him off this week.

The contestants, competing on the most-watched TV show in the country, have been whittled down to 11. During her talk show Monday, former “American Idol” judge Ellen DeGeneres picked Durbin to make it to the final three.

Win or lose, Durbin is already a surprising overnight celebrity.

For the rest of the story click here—>http://www.ksbw.com/r/27362500/detail.html

I was referred to this video by the fine folks at http://www.integratedlistening.com/autism-case-study-magie-mcdonough/

They offer excellent support and services for special needs people. Please give them a look. I was quite impressed by what I saw.