Oct 27
Ten-year-old Kyle Forbes of Houston, Texas, was alone in his classroom with his teacher Sheri Lowe when she choked on an apple. As reported by a local TV station, Kyle, who is autistic and has a passion for learning, had been taught the Heimlich maneuver in Cub Scouts, and he immediately performed it as he had practiced. He [...] [...more]
Posted: under Caring Acts.
Ten-year-old Kyle Forbes of Houston, Texas, was alone in his classroom with his teacher Sheri Lowe when she choked on an apple. As reported by a local TV station, Kyle, who is autistic and has a passion for learning, had been taught the Heimlich maneuver in Cub Scouts, and he immediately performed it as he had practiced. He is now being honored as a hero for saving his teacher’s life.
According to the report, Kyle’s father is quite proud of his son and says that this is proof that children with autism can do anything others can do.
Oct 19
Elesia Ashkenazy, a community partner of the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) and chair of the Portland, Oregon chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), is familiar to many in the autistic community because of her leadership of the ASAN-Portland protest at an Autism Speaks walk, after which she was interviewed on the TV [...] [...more]
Posted: under Research.
Elesia Ashkenazy, a community partner of the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) and chair of the Portland, Oregon chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), is familiar to many in the autistic community because of her leadership of the ASAN-Portland protest at an Autism Speaks walk, after which she was interviewed on the TV news. She is distributing the following announcement about AASPIRE’s Gateway Project, which is currently seeking participants for community-based research studies:
Be Included in Autism Research
The Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) believes in research WITH autistic adults, not just ABOUT autistic adults.
The AASPIRE Gateway Project is an online gateway to research that fulfills AASPIRE’s mission to
encourage the inclusion of autistic adults in matters which directly affect them;
include autistic adults as equal partners in research about autism;
answer research questions that are considered relevant by the autistic community;
use research findings to effect positive change for people on the autistic spectrum.
The AASPIRE Gateway Project needs your help, whether or not you are on the autistic spectrum.
If you are at least 18 years old and have access to the Internet, you can participate in a series of continuing online research studies that help AASPIRE achieve its mission. Upcoming studies address topics such as healthcare, Internet use, and problem-solving.
To participate in the AASPIRE Gateway Project:
1. Register online for an AASPIRE Gateway account starting at www.aaspire.org/gateway.
2. Take the online AASPIRE Gateway Survey. The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete.
3. You will be notified by email when new studies for which you are eligible become available.
Completing the survey entitles you to a 1 in 25 chance to win a $25 Amazon gift certificate.
If you would like to learn more about AASPIRE or the Gateway Project, you can
Go to the Gateway home page at www.aaspire.org/gateway.
Send an email to Dora Raymaker at dora@aaspireproject.org.
Make a telephone call to Dr. Christina Nicolaidis at 1-503-494-9602.
OHSU IRB # 3762; UW IRB# SE-2008-0749
Principal Investigators:
Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH, Oregon Health & Science University
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Katherine McDonald, PhD, Portland State University
Dora Raymaker, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
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