My Biography

Hi everyone,here is a good portion of my biography on a friends blog,here name is Laura Shumaker, she is an author/advocate for Autism,she posted my story on her site. Please feel to make her friendship & she posts all shorts of stories from the Autism spectrum & beyond thanks! :D

I am also featured on friend Kim Wombles blog directory! please come by :D

Back to the Swing of Things!

It's been a while since I blogged I was just trying to clear my head of internet bullies,(long story,message me on Facebook),anyway I am still going to be a Autism & Spectrum warrior & continue fighting against our injustice & discrimination.
I am also an example, I am in my mid 30's & have Asperger's.
Once story is particular that got me a bit concerned when a "friend" on Facebook who works for crank blog Age of Autism says that Autistic Adults don't exist,here is the site on which it happened look for Age of Autism repsponse on friend Kev Leitch's Left Brain/Right Brain log: http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2010/07/more-unidentified-autistic-adults-found/.
There people with Autism & history is filled with them,some early expamples,of those with Autism are Mozart,Einstein,& so forth:
http://www.child-autism-parent-cafe.com/famous-people-with-autism.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_the_autism_spectrum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_figures_sometimes_considered_autistic
Dr.Temple Grandin famous adult Autistic:
http://www.templegrandin.com/
http://www.grandin.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin
The Autistic Savant Twins Flo & Kay
Kim Peek
They are remarkable & amazing people! so if you don't believe there are Autistic Adults shame on you! You are wrong,& need to be educated! Autistic children grow up to Autistic adults! This denialism is dangerous, & often spearhead by those in the antivax community like Age of Autism,Generation Rescue,etc. Its such a shame to be in the 21st century & we still want to eradicate or "cure" people who different,yes I have seen the downsides to Autism etc,but that doesn't mean Autism is a death sentence,there are creative & real people with Autism our there.
Please here us & listen to us,before you make your decisions that Autism is hell,which is isn't! I am proud to have Asperger's its a learning curve but you make lemonade out of lemons right? Thank you for listening & have a great day,this blog will updated as I brainstorm more ideas as well. :D

Zakh Price situation updated

for any future updates on Zakh situation please follow the Zakh appeal blog,thank you....same with his current situation :D

http://zakhs.blogspot.com/

http://zakhs.blogspot.com/
I WILL NO LONGER BE BLOGGING ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE TY!

New Zakh Website!

Hi again everyone,an update on the Zakh situation, he now has his own website. Please help them financially if you cannot do it that way, you can always spread the word to anybody who will, & also any media outlet, thanks for your support. See my previous post for more information, thanks your friend Zoey :)

Link: http://thezakhappeal.com/home/

Please Help Zakh Price's Grandmother pay the lawyer's fee

All money goes directly to Carole Reynolds to pay for Zakh's lawyer fees, please help if you can! Thanks! :)



This idea was passed on from my friend Kim Wombles, please visit her at:
http://counteringageofautism.blogspot.com/

Please Help Zakhqurery Price!

Hi everyone my first official posting of 2010. Happy New Year all,anyway, I would like to report there is some blatent anti Autism discrimination going around in the case of young Zakh Price. He is a wonderful young man,he needs your help,as his school district was using not only illegial restraints on him,when he escaped from his restraints the law has charged him with a felony, which is highly rediculous as he is only 11 years old. The restraint system is medieval torture, & I would escape too if I was in the situation.

Here is information on the situation courtesy of ASAN website:

School Principal:
Pam Siebenmorgan (One of the charging parties in Zakh's felony hearing - polite but firm calls and e-mails encouraging her to drop the charges would be helpful)
Phone: 479-646-0834
E-mail: psiebenm@fortsmithschools.org

School Superintendent:
Dr. Benny Gooden (The Superintendent runs the entire school district - polite but firm calls and e-mails communicating how this situation is damaging Fort Smith Public Schools' reputation would be helpful as well)
E-mail: bgooden@fortsmithschools.org

School Board Office: 1-479-785-2501 Ext. 1201

We recommend that you both e-mail and call if you can. If necessary, e-mail is the preferable option. If you would like your e-mails to be passed along to Zakh's grandmother, please bcc: info@autisticadvocacy.org. Please stress the importance of Fort Smith Public Schools taking the following steps:

-Drop the charges against Zakhqurey Price

-Work with his grandmother to put in place an IEP that will fulfill Zakh's right for a Free and Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment

-Improve training for school personnel to prevent future such incidents and to ensure that students on the autism spectrum as well as with other disabilities are included, supported and educated in Fort Smith Public Schools.

If Zakh is declared incompetent as part of the hearing scheduled for January 12th, state law requires that he be placed into a mental hospital for at least 30 days. Carole's grandmother fears that, due to the negative repercussions of being taken out of the community and being forced into an institutional setting, Zakh may lose skills in such an environment and not be returned to her indefinitely.

That is why we need you to act now. Please distribute and repost this action alert. Thank you for your time and your advocacy, and as always, Nothing About Us, Without Us!

Regards,
Ari Ne'eman
President
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network
http://www.autisticadvocacy.org
info@autisticadvocacy.org
(202) 596-1056

Here are support groups for Zakh on Facebook:
my group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=241323477866

Zakh's Grandmother Carole Reynolds Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/group.php?gid=228604481972&ref=ts

Here is Carole Reynolds blog, & you can also help donate to the cause there as well! Please contact here for details:
http://zakhs.blogspot.com/

State of Arkansas,Dept of Education rules:
http://www.arkansased.org/about/pdf/current/ade_147_sped_early_childhood.pdf

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Links to major news outlets (which I am shocked & upset that no one has picked up!):

www.cnn.com
www.nbc.com
www.cbs.com
www.abc.com
www.fox.com

in Canada:
www.cbc.ca
www.ctv.ca
www.globaltv.com

UK:
www.bbc.co.uk/news
www.news.sky.com

Also contact your local news outlets as well!

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Information on Restraints:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_restraint
http://www.drcme.org/publications.asp?pubid=76&secid=436
http://www.thetruthaboutpronerestraint.com/

In conclusion they have no right to do this to an 11 year old! its criminal,inhumane & medieval barbarism! Please help if you cannot help him financially please pray & lend your support by bombarding his school,protesting there, & letting any newssite etc, know about this abuse! It's not just Zakh at state, but there also other children past & present in the same situation & we should help the abused children of militant schools systems out !

Thanks your friend & Autism advocate/Proud Aspergian Zoey :)

Testing,Testing....

Hi my 1st posting for the new year, just testing to make sure everything is fine...lol! til next posting... :)

Autistic/Neurodiverse Heroes:

Hi there I know that there has been a lot of Autism Spectrum bigots out there with some bloggers posting worst Autistic people, I thought I would post Autism Heroes & better retrospective that all of on the spectrum are people too, & that this world would be lost without there contribution here is my top 3!

1. Dr.Temple Grandin: she started the wave of Autism knowledge, & without here we would have known what the Autism is,she is fully diagnosed,if you read her first book "Emergence", she explains what is like not being able to talk & if it wasn't for her, we would have not have had specialized farm cattle shutes, she her webpage for full details.Another webpage as well

2. Daniel Tammet: he is a well known artist & blogger,he is also a brilliant mathematician who also has Synthesia . He can speak over 11 languages,Tammet also holds the European record for reciting pi from memory to 22,514 digits in five hours and nine minutes,& is an Author of the book "Born on a Blue Day". Here is his personal blog

3. Dan Ackroyd, he is a well know actor, without him, we would not have Saturday Night Live classics,Ghostbusters,Blues Brothers,Founder of House of Blues website & show lounges etc!

This is just the tip of the iceberg, I just want to say that anyone can be Autistic & in the Autism spectrum so please be nice to us, we could be anybody, your sister,brother,friend,neighbor etc! We are people too & all we want is to live discrimination free & in harmony with our contributions to the world!
Have a great day! Zoey =)