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How “Celebrity Apprentice” Evokes Hope « Autism Speaks Official. This is a guest post by Aaron Likens, an adult author who has Asperger Syndrome. You can follow Aaron’s blog at lifeontheothersideofthewall.blogspot.com. I started watching “The Apprentice” from the first episode in 2004 and have followed it every season since. I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2003 and started writing about my experiences in 2005. As I started to write Finding Kansas I had no idea if anyone would ever read my thoughts or feel with me as I wrote, but in an episode several months after I started to write, a new upstart charity was featured.
In that episode, Suzanne Wright, one of the founders of Autism Speaks, mentioned that their goal was to “give a voice for those who can’t speak”. Flash forward to this season of “The Celebrity Apprentice” and once again autism is a topic. Going into Sunday’s episode there were five players left. The boardroom to determine the final two was an emotional and passionate battle. Who won? Like this: Like Loading... A life less ordinary? Autismherd. Autism Blogs Directory. Autism Speaks Walk Cincinnati w/pictures « Nearly The Bionic Wom. Estée Klar. Autism Jabberwocky. Floortime Lite Mama. Bockychoy. Day Sixty-Seven. Stimeyland. The Domestic Goddess. Raising Asperger's Kids. Andrea’s Buzzing About: Untangling. By now, many of you have heard the story...
Once upon a time there was a blogger named Smockity who took her kids to the library one day and found herself next to an autistic girl and the girl's grandmother. Smockity went home and wrote a blog post about how she considered, "jabbing a ball point pen into her eye" rather than endure the autistic girl's unusual behavior and grandmother's indulgence of said unusual behavior. I'm going to spare you a link to the original piece (it's gone now anyway) but as you can guess, lots of other bloggers including JennyAlice and MOM-NOS and Jean Winegardner and many others - responded with their own posts about tolerance and compassion and giving kids and their families the benefit of the doubt.
A tsunami of backlash eventually prompted Smockity to write an apology. I don't need to pile on. These posts are insightful and heartfelt and echo my feelings on the subject. One of those situations is when Ben is perseverating. Woulda Coulda Shoulda.