Ike was recently diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, which is on the Autistic Spectrum. Those diagnosed with Aspergers typically have a hard time with social interaction and that results in a hard time with employment. Without being able to really read facial expressions and the differences in body language, it handicaps you in the workplace. This is clearly seen by the fact that only one in five people diagnosed with Aspergers or Autism are employed... out of 40 million people who are affected by this, that leaves a lot to be desired.
Ike has decided to DO something about this, by starting a project called Autelligent Laboratories, which will focus on employing those on the spectrum. Now of course, they need help!
Please visit the website and then the wiki and find out how you can help. Ike is a great guy and should be commended for his efforts, and we should all support him in any way that we can!
He is trying to trade up for a book deal to help raise money for the project... is there something you can trade? Or do you have a funny story to contribute to the book?
Thanks for reading :)
I think Gary Mckinnon is a prime example of the genius of some aspergers sufferers. He hacked into the pentagon computers, he is cleverest hacker in the world. Shame he isn't employed by the government to protect the computers instead of the US government trying to prosecute him. www.dailymail.co.uk/gary
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