Aspies--I just saw my old friend Lianne Holiday Willey

[darkstar]

this weekend.

I've been aware of her work for a while, and we even have emailed and talked on the phone from time to time. But I stayed at her mom's place for several days while an informal reunion of our HS/college circle transpired and I really got to reconnect with her. Lots of laughs and a few tears.

Anyhow, I know some folks here are aspies and I thought you might find this interesting as I think she is better known than I had understood prior.

[KamaAina]

1. Righteous!

On the other hand, I have co-presented with Dr. Temple Grandin (cue angelic choir) -- but it's not like I ever stayed at her Mom's house or anything! (the same hotel hardly counts :-) )

[darkstar]

2. hey..neat...just googled

Do you work in Autism spectrum stuff or the livestock thing? If autism, what's your sub-specialty?

I've got a PhD to so we had a high old time calling each other doctor, etc.

I also found out I'm in her book Pretending To Be Normal; I'm a friend she discusses a time or two.

[KamaAina]

3. Now and again I present to autism conferences from the self-advocate's point of view

not as often as I used to now that I live 2,400 miles from anywhere. :-)

Years ago I did data entry and analysis for the Yale team that got Asperger's added to the DSM-IV manual. Later I ran the multimedia lab at a school in Manhattan that serves children with autism. Now I'm with a cross-disability nonprofit organization.