1. By: Jane Lord 2015

2. By The End of This Session You will have entered Jane’s World I am a 50-year-old with Asperger’s who is self employed and reasonably integrated into society. I was diagnosed at 40 I write about autism issues and speak at conferences I have a large online community that is actively discussing autism issues My 16-year-old son has Autism I serve on various autism review boards My book “The Journey to Diagnosis’’ will hopefully be published soon There is no such thing as a spokesman for the autism community The opinions expressed today are strictly my own

3. Understand ABOUT AUTISM COMMUNITY - SELF ADVOCATES COMMUNITY – PARENTS COMMUNITY – SCIENTISTS HOW AUTISM AFFECTS US RESEARCHERS – KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER!