Fwd: My Life as an Autistic Boy

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I got the letter below today.

Thought someone might be interested given all the " excitement " stirred up

by Travolta's exploitation of " Normal People Scare Me, " made by

Bowers, an autistic 15-year-old freshman at Newbury Park High School.:

http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E21377%257E2054450,00.html

Autistic kids let us into their world

http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C200~20954~2069201%2C00.html

Autism film triggers touching replies

-jypsy

>My son would greatly appreciate your help in getting his message out to

>those interested in Autism.

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>Thank you, Darrel Priebe, dad of Priebe

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>Hi, I m Priebe, and I ve made a movie about my life. I call it, My

>Life as an Autistic Boy.

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>Its all about me and what its like to have Autism. There s good things

>about Autism, and things that are confusing, and I talk about them in my

>movie. I tell the story of my life from preschool to high school, my

>struggles to learn and make friends, and my successes.

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>My teachers, therapists, family and friends have all said that it s a

>great movie, and now they use it to teach other people about Autism. I

>like that. People laugh, and sometimes cry, when they watch my movie. I

>m not sure why, but they say it s a good thing.

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>You can read more about it and see pictures at this web site:

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><http://users.adelphia.net/~d.priebe/>http://users.adelphia.net/~d.priebe/

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>My dad helped me make my movie, but I narrated it by myself. I m proud

>that I won a Temple Grandin Award from Future Horizons.

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>I want people to know about me, and that means knowing about Autism. If

>you want to buy a copy of My Life as an Autistic Boy, the cost is $40, and

>that includes mailing. Its 18 minutes and 26 seconds long. Its available

>in either DVD or VHS. Tell me which one you want. And be sure to send

>your address so I can mail it to you.

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>Send a check or money order for $40 (U.S. dollars) to Priebe, 3301

>Big Cloud Circle, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, USA.

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>You can email me

>at

><http://us.f418.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=kylepriebe>kylepriebe@ya\

hoo.com

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>or my dad

>at

><http://us.f418.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=d.priebeadelphia (DOT) net>d.priebe@ade\

lphia.net

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>I hope you like it. I worked very hard on it. Thank you.

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Ooops....Wrong Planet! Syndrome

Autism Spectrum Resources

www.PlanetAutism.com

jypsy@...

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jypsy [ janet norman-bain ] jotted this down:

>> I want people to know about me, and that means knowing about

>> Autism. If you want to buy a copy of My Life as an Autistic Boy,

>> the cost is $40, and that includes mailing. Its 18 minutes and

>> 26 seconds long. Its available in either DVD or VHS.

$40? WTF? Why so fricking much? If he (or his family) wants to help the world

understand what it's like to live with autism, he shouldn't price an *eighteen

minute* movie so outrageously that only those with a substantial income can

afford it without wincing.

Grr. So, who here believes in file-sharing when it comes to movies distributed

by particularly greedy individuals? (Or " file sharing via DVD " for those not on

broadband, considering at least one person here has a DVD recorder.)

Technically illegal, I know, but I'm annoyed enough to feel a need to suggest

it.

DeGraf ~*~ http://www.sonic.net/mustang/moggy

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jypsy [ janet norman-bain ] wrote:

> ...Autistic kids let us into their world...

So when are the normal people going to let us into their world?

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> > ...Autistic kids let us into their world...

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>So when are the normal people going to let us into their world?

It's kind of a thing where normal people scare us and we scare normal

people. This causes both of us to shun each other.

Guy

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