The Wallpapering Society

Tools on the web:

• What is a blog? http://commoncraft.com/blogs
• What is a wiki? http://dotsub.com/films/wikisinplainenglish/

Examples of excellent blogs related to Asperger’s:

• Life with Asperger’s: http://life-with-aspergers.blogspot.com
• Asperger Square 8: http://aspergersquare8.blogspot.com
• ThisMom: http://thismom.blogs.com/
• And hundreds others - look at links on right side of this page: http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/

Examples of articles related to Asperger’s and ASD on Wikipedia:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum

Asperger Communities & Discussion Forums:

• ANI - “Autism Network International” (lead by the autistic Jim Sinclair, in USA). ( http://ani.autistics.org/ )
• ASAN - “The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network” (lead by the autistic Ari Ne’eman, in USA). ( http://www.autisticadvocacy.org/ )
• WP - “Wrong Planet” (lead by the autistic Alex Plank, in USA). ( http://www.wrongplanet.net/ )
  AFF - “Aspies for Freedom” (lead by the autistic Gareth Nelson, in UK). ( http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/ )
• LARM - “London Autistic Rights Movement” (lead by the autistic Dr. Roderick Cobley, in UK).( http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/politicsofautism/ )

Examples of videos related to Asperger’s & other ASD:

• Example of RDI therapy: http://www.youtube.com/v/ASPaGcn8Rq4&rel=1
• Bikiniartist! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKzY3u_cUhk
• “In my mind”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbgUjmeC-4o
• Movie extracts, e.g:
  - The Red Carpet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMaZNws1Ir4
  - Snowcake’s “Dazlious!”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_o3LNlMYlc
  - Mozart & the Whale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRFE2HwHSfM
• Wrong Planet videos: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt24312.html
• And tons more: http://www.google.com/search?q=aspergers+site:youtube.com

Tony Attwood’s site: http://www.tonyattwood.com.au

Books on Asperger’s: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:amazon.com+aspergers (Click on “Look Inside”)

Tips on searching effectively on Google:

• Use inverted commas e.g:
  aspergers “Cape Town“
• Use site: to specify a specific site only, e.g:
  aspergers site:youtube.com
• Use define for a dictionary definition, e.g:
  define eugenics
• Use – to exclude certain terms, e.g.:
  asperger doctorate -hans

The Autistic Rights Movement:

• Amanda Baggs, human and disability rights self-advocate:
  - Blog: http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org
  - Important read: http://www.gettingthetruthout.org/
  - Important video “In my language”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc
• Donna Williams, musician, artist, author, screenwriter (”ever the arty autie”):
  - Blog: http://blog.donnawilliams.net/
  - Website: http://www.donnawilliams.net/
  - Listen: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=79204281
• Michelle Dawson, PDD Research associate, University of Montréal
  - Website (”No Autistics Allowed”): http://www.sentex.net/~nexus23/naa_02.html
  - Blog: http://autismcrisis.blogspot.com/
• Read more:
  - http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-03/ff_autism?currentPage=all
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_rights_movement

Temple Grandin:

• Website: http://www.grandin.com
• BBC Documentary (”The woman who thinks like a cow”): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ycu3JFRrA
• Conflicting views between Temple Grandin & Amanda Baggs: http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=27

The Autism Speaks controversy:

• Focus on eugenics with big funding support
• The choice of Ernie Els
• Has little support in the online autistic community
• The controversial video:
  - Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDMMwG7RrFQ
  Reactions:
  - From Autistic Rights Movement: http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=112 & http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=105
  - From a mom: http://thismom.blogs.com/this_mom/2006/05/the_entry_i_tri.html
  Petition: http://www.autism-hub.co.uk/autism-speaks-dont-speak-for-me/index.php

Online questionnaires:

• Aspie quiz: http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
• Australian scale for Asperger’s Syndrome: http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aspergerscaleAttwood.html

South African websites (to be amended):

• Organisations
  - Autism South Africa: http://www.autismsouthafrica.org
  - Autism Western Cape: http://www.autismwesterncape.org.za (does not work in Firefox)
• Schools
  Vera (WC): http://www.vera.co.za
  Vista Nova (WC):
  Unica (Gauteng):
  - more needed here -
• Parent/teacher support groups
  - ASCON (Cape Town) – contact janafor@telkomsa.net
  Pretoria Asperger’s Support Group: http://aspergersa.blogspot.com
  Johannesburg Support Group for Parents: Christel Grant, christel.asap@tiscali.co.za
  Somerset-West (details?)
• Groups for people on the spectrum
  - The Wallpapering Society: Website: http://www.aspie.co.za , Blog: http://www.aspie.co.za/wordpress