Re: You Can Bet That...

[Guest guest]

wrote: " I'm going to try and ignore the insult to my profession-

I write articles for an online magazine ... <snip> ... "

I did not mean to insult you personally, . Just as there are

ethical people within your profession, there is also a proponderance

of less-than-ethical people within your profession. Some professions

attract this. Your industry is one of them and my industry (the Arts

industry) is another one of them. Each individual must be evaluated

one case-by-case basis, however, as a 'group' the commentary is

accurate.

I apologize for having slighted you.

Raven

[Guest guest]

wrote: " ... <snip> ... If your kid gets a story in the press

due to being AS, doesn't that say something? A blow is struck. "

In the past 18 months, he has been in the news more than a half

dozen times, each time as a positive role that shows AS as it

presents itself in him. He has garnered national coverage on three

of those occasions and has done a lot to further the positive image

of a child with AS ... all this before he reached his 11th birthday

this past summer. And how does he get so much attention? He is

himself and does not pretend to be something other than who and what

he is ... a kid. In fact, he tells people that he's " a kid with

cool ideas and Asperger's. " He describes himself in terms that are

not unlike how other children would describe themselves ... " a kid

that plays baseball and has blue eyes " or " a kid that likes squishy

stuff and watching adventure movies. " And THAT's how he wants

people to see him ... as a kid ... with a few differences but still

mostly a kid.

:-D

Raven