Friday, June 29, 2012

Hello Summer Camp 2012

Welcome to summer camp 2012 (June 18-August 10) at the Frankie Lemmon School. We're having great fun here and learning lots of stuff. Watch this little movie and you'll see what I mean. It's got everything from classroom to playground, from rocking whales to ol' Doc Watson, the blind country guitar wizard who just died at 89. (God bless his soul.)


Also see: http://youtu.be/O6YS7diS5p8.

Summer reading fun for my older friends:
There's a really good novel out there called the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. It was written by Mark Haddon and published by Doubleday in 2003 to rave reviews. From the book description: "Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother." Reportedly, its film rights were purchased by Brad Pitt but no production date has been set so far. Meanwhile, it has inspired many fake movie trailers. Here is one of the best:


Also see: http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/9y1ub5GFFUw&hl=fr&fs=1.

Last but definitely NOT the least:
Temple Grandin is coming to Raleigh - September 14 !!
Named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2010, this renowned Colorado State University animal behavior professor and author has Aspergers Autism. A movie on her life, Temple Grandin, was released in 2010 and was nominated for 15 Emmys. It received five awards, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie. (see my blog for November 26, 2010.)

See the Temple Grandin website here.

Click here for information on the North Carolina Autism & Asperger's Syndrome Conference.


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