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Committee for
International Asperger's Year
Comité
por el año internacional del Síndrome de Asperger Comité
pour l'année internationale du Syndrome d'Asperger
1 October 2005
INTERNATIONAL ASPERGER'S YEAR
Hans Asperger Centenary: 1906-2006
FEBRUARY 18, 2006 will mark the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Dr. Hans Asperger, discoverer of Asperger's
Syndrome. Dr. Asperger's centenary also marks the 25th
anniversary of the publication of Dr. Lorna Wing's article
"Asperger's syndrome:
a clinical account" in the journal Psychological Medicine.
Dr. Wing's paper, the first major English-language
presentation of Dr. Asperger's work, helped bring worldwide
attention to Asperger's Syndrome.
We invite you to observe International Asperger's Year, to
be held in 2006, the year of these two landmark
anniversaries. International Asperger's Year is an
appropriate time to honor Dr. Asperger and other
researchers, encourage people who might have AS to seek
diagnosis, correct misconceptions about AS, improve and
expand AS
public services, develop AS mentoring programs, and
recognize the
special needs of AS adults.
International Asperger's Year is the first worldwide
celebration dedicated solely to Asperger's Syndrome.
Organizations and individuals may observe IAY as they wish.
The initiative was conceived by the Asperger Adults of
Greater Washington, has
been sanctioned by the World Autism Organization, and has
been endorsed by the following specialists and leaders:
 | Professor Simon
Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology
and Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge
University; |
| Professor Uta Frith,
Deputy Director, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience,
University College London |
| Hon. Angela Browning,
M.P., Asperger political advocate and mother of an
Asperger adult |
| Stephen Shore, author
and
consultant |
| Roger N. Meyer, author
and advocate |
| Jerry Newport, author,
and inspiration for the film Mozart
And The Whale |
| Michael John Carley,
nonprofit executive
A Committee for International Asperger's Year has
established an open listserv for the exchange of
IAY-related ideas, information and announcements:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/asperger-year/
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COMMITTEE FOR
INTERNATIONAL ASPERGER'S YEAR
AUSTRALIA
Asperger Services Australia
FRANCE
Association Asperger Aide
ITALY
Gruppo Asperger ONLUS
MEXICO
Chicolisto
SPAIN
Asociación Asperger España
Asociación Asperger Andalucía
UNITED KINGDOM
Asperger East Anglia
Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University
and the Cambridge Lifespan Asperger Syndrome Service (CLASS)
UNITED STATES
Asperger Adults of Greater Washington
Portland Asperger Syndrome Adult Support Group
Aspies For Freedom
Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (GRASP)
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"I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical.
Even God had some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin."
~ Jerry Newport