Nice article about the 826 Valencia project, which inspired us to set up The Lab

For those who have a goal in mind that involves change, she offers this advice: “You don’t have to go at it thinking, ‘How am I going to transform 16,000 school districts in the country?’ Instead, you can spend an hour working with one child. Even itty bitty steps can make a profound difference.”
http://www.good.is/posts/the-fact-that-changed-everything-ninive-calegari-and-826-valencia/#

Interesting article about the dropping of the Aspergers label

 

I'm a proud Aspie, but I accept the term 'Asperger's syndrome' has had its day

At first, I didn't like the idea of Asperger's being subsumed within 'autism spectrum disorder'. But it makes sense

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/04/aspergers-syndrome-autism-spectrum-disorder

Article in The Guardian

Here's an article on an organisation in the UK thinking along the same lines as The Lab:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/30/christmas-appeal-ambitious-about-autism