Hey Guys, Yeah, with a building full of engineers reporting to me, two ASIC chips to tape-out, a wife, a 6 yr old girl and a 4 yr. old autistic son, it is hard for me to commit to anything 100% regarding Club100. I hope this can change at some point.
Hi, Ken. This post is a bit interesting to me. You see back in the early nineties, Temple Grandin, Sean Barron, Donna Williams and I created this thing which is now called "Autism Awareness." Working together and separately, we redefined autism the world over. No one had any idea what autism was until we told them. Speaking more personally, I had a part in creating National Autism Awareness Month and I voted in the puzzle piece awareness ribbon. I have spoken to the Senate and Congress regarding research, funds, and awareness, I have spoken at more conferences than I can count across North America, many times keynoting, and I have done a lot of private consulting for families and school systems across the United States and Canada. I have known and/or worked with many of the other well known people in the field. Temple, Lovaas, Rimland, Wakefield. (Oh, boy. Wakefield. Sigh.) Lots of others. I wrote the first autobiography by a male with autism (Temple and Donna beat me to it, but they are both female). It won a literary achievement award and got Oprah's attention. It was also the first book published by Future Horizons. I have won numerous awards over the years for autism advocacy. What I am trying to say here is that I know a little (just a little) about this disorder. If you are willing, I'd like to hear your story. We can email privately if you like. See my site below for info on me. --------------------------------- Thomas A. McKean, HOKC http://www.thomasamckean.com
