Fish Climbing Trees
Einstein once said, “Everybody’s a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking it’s stupid.”
Gabriela Lemos was born in Porto Alegre, Brasil, and was raised in San Antonio, Texas. She is currently a student at UTSA, graduating in December 2014 with a Bachelor degree in English. Brie states that she loves language and words, and the way in which people communicate with each other. She has always been interested and attracted to the autism community. “I find those on the spectrum to be incredible in so many ways, and I believe we can all learn from each other in our different strengths and weaknesses. I would love to use my talents to aid those who are not as strong in areas which I have confidence, and in turn receive an infinite amount of lessons and aid from those who I work with. Everything you send out, comes back to you, and I plan to practice sending out love and compassion every day”. We feel so fortunate to offer Brie’s talent of writing as well as her passion for autism awareness every week through our Aspergers101 Weekly.
Letter From the Editor: New Blog Schedule!
Is there a favorite blog that you follow? Do you have a favorite topic on Aspergers101?
Starting this week you can now follow the Aspergers101 blogs on a daily posting schedule! Visit Aspergers101.org on one of the specified days below to catch the newest post from your favorite bloggers.
- Sunday: Education K-12 with Lisa Rogers
- Monday: Education College with Marc Ellison
- Tuesday: Medical with the doctors of the Autism Community Network
- Wednesday: Top of the Spectrum News and Employment with Maggie Cromeens
- Thursday: Social Development with John Habershon
- Friday: Autistically Speaking/Autalkz and Family with Katherine Goodsell and Jennifer Allen
-Brie Lemos, Senior Editor
Gabriela Lemos was born in Porto Alegre, Brasil, and was raised in San Antonio, Texas. She is currently a student at UTSA, graduating in December 2014 with a Bachelor degree in English. Brie states that she loves language and words, and the way in which people communicate with each other. She has always been interested and attracted to the autism community. “I find those on the spectrum to be incredible in so many ways, and I believe we can all learn from each other in our different strengths and weaknesses. I would love to use my talents to aid those who are not as strong in areas which I have confidence, and in turn receive an infinite amount of lessons and aid from those who I work with. Everything you send out, comes back to you, and I plan to practice sending out love and compassion every day”. We feel so fortunate to offer Brie’s talent of writing as well as her passion for autism awareness every week through our Aspergers101 Weekly.
Introducing: AutismSees!
On occasion you witness greatness. Individuals collectively brainstorm a service/product that will enhance, no, change lives. I feel this is the case with our Aspergers101 blogger Alix Generous. Alix is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and she knows from an early life of challenges how difficult speaking and employment can be for those on the higher end of the Autism Spectrum. So she and a team have created an app called AutismSees. Watch the video and contribute to what surely you’ll be reading about in the medical journals soon! So proud of Alix and her team and to introduce to you their product AutismSees! – Jennifer Allen
You may read more about AutismSees here and contribute toward the making of the app (until September 1st 2014) at Seedkicks.
After an extensive career broadcast marketing, Jennifer and her husband searched for answers when their oldest son hit the kinder years with great difficultly. After finally learning that their oldest son had Aspergers Syndrome, she left her career in television and became a full time mother to both of her sons. Jennifer elicited the participation of her sons and together they produced several independent programs including a children’s animated series titled Ameriquest Kids (now distributed by Landmark Media) as well as her documentary and book titled, Coping to Excelling: Solutions for school-age children diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism or Aspergers Syndrome.
The need for more information encouraged Jennifer to elicit a team of autism experts to provide weekly, original content to a website free to anyone seeking to live their best under the diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism/Aspergers Syndrome… appropriately titled: Aspergers101.com.
