Stuff Asperger People Like

Blue Man Group, known for incorporating music and art with a distinctive makeup set no other act can mimic, will be hosting an autism-friendly performance on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Blue Man Group Theatre at Universal CityWalk in Orlando, FL.

More and more theatrical acts are devoting some of their performances to the cause, but not everyone may know exactly what goes into an autism-friendly performance.

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If you’ve ever wondered what a room or home designed for someone on the autism spectrum might be built like, here’s your chance to learn.

Today’s abodes are so catered to the needs and desires of those that dwell in them–from environmentally desired features like solar power to the curve of the architecture to recreating a theme from history, the possibilities are endless with the right creativity, the right architects and the right budget.

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The news is in and it is confirmed. Men and women really do have different brains. Autistics have even different brains.

So says Simon Baron-Cohen and a group of colleagues at the University of Cambridge after concluding a study that included approximately 700,000 people in the United Kingdom.

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In the world of discovery and invention, it’s often been said that women are left out of the ending credits to the film.

An article from Scientific American suggests this may be true for accurately describing those with Asperger’s or autism.

Ladies, be prepared to either rejoice or roll your eyes in contempt as you read about a Russian’s reports of several adolescents in the early 1920s.

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A man with Asperger’s has turned his home into a giant cat maze for his feline mates.

In the world of light-hearted humor, here’s a video from an HLN episode that aired several years ago.

It was posted to a website called, of all things, The Frisky, not the site for the brand of cat food, but isn’t it cute and ironic all the same?

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Music can be beneficial to anyone, especially to someone on the spectrum.

Jaap van Zweden, a prestigious violinist who’s been affiliated with both the Dutch Royal Concertgebouw and the New York Philharmonic orchestras, learned this when the accidental discovery of music therapy enabled his autistic son to not only learn to speak their native Dutch, but English as well.

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The world of testing for disease has expanded more than ever.

While autism is thought to originate from a variety of causes, one company, NeuroPointDX, is assessing whether the processing of certain amino acids may be linked to those on the spectrum.

This week, the company debuted what is recognized as the first blood test for autism.

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The Royals are so exciting to follow, and if you’re a teenage girl, there’s probably nothing more exciting than meeting Kate Middleton and the Prince.

The fact that they’re honoring her for being given the BBC Teen Hero Award makes the event even more fantastic. It was definitely an OMG moment that was probably handled better than most.

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