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A new movie entitled ‘Just Add Water’ was featured recently at a showing in Hawaii.  It featured the story of Clay Marzo a professional surfer who is also Autistic.  The movie follows around Clay during his surfing tours and shows how his struggles how he struggles with Aspergers.   EDIT: I added a trailer and info on how to buy the movie. Read it all..

There is an ongoing court case in which a British teenager recently diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome hacked into United States Military Computers and allegedly disabled several national security measures.  In his fight for extradition it seems as though the fact he has Aspergers Syndrome was used as an attempt to lessen his consequences. Read it all..

I’ve noticed I have a pretty hateful fanclub now - which could mean only one thing.  My voice is being heard and its upsetting some people.  Now after looking at the people its upsetting and why I really don’t see this as a bad thing. Read it all..

So for the last 3 weeks or so I have tried working at a pharmaceutical manufacturer in my area.  Aspergers has not been kind to me - I’m scared to show up now, to anxious to sleep because I have had already a meltdown on the floor which involved me crying, and I feel so out of place.

My co-workers and Line Coordinator are very supportive - and yes the know I’m autistic.  My boss knows as well, but its getting to the point of where I can’t get my work done.  I can’t sleep because I’m so worried that I will mess up the next night - and I have been a complete mess.

On top of that I have had someone tamper with my car on a regular basis, to the point where it was not functional which caused me to be late to work.  I’m supposed to be in work right now, but I called in because I’m so freaking stressed out.

I was reading through some Autism Related articles and I came across a post on About.com’s Autism Section regarding competition and autism. In it a parent seems frustrated about her autistic son’s lack of interest in sports competition. Read it all..

Debbie Lockrey-Wessel wrote a book to explain Autism to kids. She wrote it after her experience of growing up with a younger brother that has Autism. The book helps children understand autism and explains that autism is not a disease you can catch. Read it all..

I recieved the following in the comments section for another post here. It included phone numbers which I took out (because I don’t see the need for her to get harrased by people which would most likley happen). Read it all..

The WWE is apparently teaming up with Jenny McCarthy to raise money for her campaign on curing Autism.  While I never really understood what was entertaining about watching guys act like they are beating each other up and dressing like idiots I find this very disturbing.  The WWE has a crap load of money and apparently people pay a whole ton of money to see this stuff.  They also have fan-base of gullible people who think wrestling is real as well, so its a perfect audience for Ms. McCarthy.

On an Autism Side Note: My brother was a wrestling fan - when he watched the wrestling I was always more fasinated with the lighting and big projection screen!

I got a message today from Emily, who blogs as pahsophist, she recently purchased one of our great shirts and sent me a picture of her wearing it. Read it all..