AASCEND conference I was in

Here's a link to the AASCEND (autism and aspergers syndrome coalition)

I spoke at the feb 9th 2002 conference as a person with aspergers syndrome . My name is Vicky Smith
http://aascend.net/conferences.html

Why I can't write about much..

I get spooked easy... yep that's the truth..

Anyway I have a problem about the californias state regional center denying services to children dxed autistic but because they may have a normal IQ they get denied.... this is not something that happened to my family but has happened to some parents children that I have been mentoring in obtaining services for their child...

All I can say is,,,, using the words of the clintons since they like the word "shame"

Well Shame on the California regional services for their acts of non inclusion and non compassion "to use a american buddist sentiment"

Gee what does it mean to be an aspie?

Well that's the question today ....
Hmm perhaps human best fits the description...
Not some new species... just simply human..

Voting and Jury duty

A lot of people on the autistic spectrum eventually face many difficult
decisions as Adults in the legal world...

Some of us have encountered first the psychiatric system in our teens and learned to fear authority at most levels. Some of us have become masters at hiding from the world and trying to stay invisible.

Personally I have always had strong convictions about who should be in Political Power in the United States and I first asserted my right to vote when I was 18.. I am not sure what happened after I was 18 to make me not want to vote. But in my 30's I started getting Jury summons and that in itself caused me great panic.... I had difficulty sitting still for very long and had established a pattern of running into the bathroom when confronted with People for any amount of time no matter how close they were......

There fore I looked for a Jury excuse and I got one from my Doctor....
I suggested to him that I couldn't sit still for long but he had this brilliant idea to use a psych excuse.... and so that is what happened...

For some reason I linked being summoned for Jury Duty with registering to vote.... I thought that must be how they are finding me.... Remember I was supposed to be invisible ,,,, or so I wished I was to authorities.

Anyway here I am at the tender age of 51 and finally realizing that they probably got my name from my drivers license....

And so Now I am voting again...
Last time I voted was for Bill Clinton ...
Not saying that all aspies or auties are democrat as I know that is not true and I don't speak for a whole group of people....

Anyway I am feeling good about this,,, I am voting and not worrying about whose going to track me down today