Written by SAPL on Thursday, October 25th, 2018 in Film and TV.
Aspergers on the stage in Ireland. Aspergers on the stage in the states.
This must be the season for Aspergers in the arts!
Dancing Lessons by Mark St. Germain takes a look at a professor with Asperger’s syndrome who requests the assistance of a temporary decommissioned Broadway star to teach him the moves she made before injuring her leg.
Written by SAPL on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 in Asperger People In The News, Famous People.
Comedian and Britain’s Got Talent finalist Robert White was a guest on Loose Women, where he spoke about those with Asperger’s living up to their full potential.
Known for raw humor such as calling female celebrities “men” and “strippers,” White said there were more difficulties than growing up as the only gay man in his village.
Written by SAPL on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 in Children and Adolescents, Therapeutics.
The ability to read minds may still be a long ways away, but the ability to recognize and read emotions, especially if you have difficulties doing so due to autism, may have arrived already.
Google Glass, Google’s 3D reality glasses that didn’t hit big with the tech crowd several years ago have made a comeback with apps like Empower Me.
Written by SAPL on Monday, October 22nd, 2018 in Asperger People In The News, Famous People, Musicians.
So we recently learned that musician Joe Walsh, famous for many musical associations including The Eagles, has Asperger’s.
In the ever expanding world of musicians coming out as Asperger, Walsh told a crowd at the Facing Addiction/NCADD gala of the difficulties of growing up with a set of traits that weren’t well known in his younger days.
Written by SAPL on Friday, October 19th, 2018 in Film and TV.
If you like the boy band Take That and plays about Asperger’s, then you may be in luck. It may also be convenient to live near Northern Ireland.
It Only Takes a Minute chronicles one young woman’s life as a female with Asperger’s, set to the tune of music the character is fixated with, Take That.
Written by SAPL on Thursday, October 18th, 2018 in Hobbies and Special Interests.
A video of a young man with Asperger’s enjoying the rave scene is reminiscent of the ’90s Ben Folds Five song, “Underground.”
Bradley Gunn, a self-professed raver, has found immersing himself in dance culture is a great way to forget about a lot of things, Asperger’s included.
“I have Asperger’s, so when I started raving, there was no mention of the Asperger’s at all.”
Written by SAPL on Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 in Education.
Remember your days as an Asperger in college?
Every morning you seemed to have gotten up later and later. Everything took way too long to complete. Too many trips to the drugstore. (Not because you needed prescriptions for the conditions all those Fraternity boys had to fill, but because the intense schedule left you always feeling “under the weather” every other month.)
Written by SAPL on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 in Children and Adolescents.
While it’s almost agreed upon universally that a pet may help those with certain conditions, even if those conditions don’t make them officially “disabled,” the best pet for an autistic child may still be up for discussion.
Dogs have traditionally been considered great for special needs, but some experts are pointing the paw towards cats.
Gretchen Carlisle, affiliated with the Missouri University (MU) Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction (ReCHAI) believes cats should be considered over dogs for several reasons.
