2013 Naturally Autistic People Awards

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXdLVpsR5AI[/youtube]
Sonia Productions Inc was proud to sponsor 2013 4th Annual International Naturally Autistic People Awards Convention Festival.
Please enjoy the highlights from the Festival! The Co-funders of Naturally Autistic are Leonora Gregory-Collura and Charlie Collura.
For more information please visit: www.naturallyautistic.com
Reporter: Sonia Suvagau

"Naturally" autistic?

As opposed to "un naturally" autistic? Or those who are autistic because they think it's "cool"?

looks interesting.i want to go over the whole site when i have more time.looks cool,thanx 4 sharing

It seems most interviewees in this video aren't autistic, but local politicians and parents. It seems even some of the performances were done by non-autistic artists. Yet, there are many autistic interviewees in this video.
The sections I like are:

14:25 - The emcee talks about the connection which the founder, Leonora Gregory-Collura, has made with Dona Williams in the early 90s. This lead Leonora to discover her own autism.
Later, there are interviews with the emcee, with Yvonne Mikulencak, Director and Founder of the Asperger Women's Association, with autistic artist April Dawn Griffin, with Iris Gray, director of the Victoria Asperger Meetup group, with Phoebe, an autistic author, and with the festival's main organizers, Leonora Gregory-Collura and Charlie Collura.

43:03 - An interview with the autistic actress Tammy Klein.

46:54 - A poem by autistic poet Rose Guedes, followed by an interview.

1:10:12 - An interview with autistic comedian Curran Dobbs, followed by a short performance of his.

I thought that. Unless the MMR stuff or something else that's chemical caused the autism. But I don't think this Awards thing is related to that somehow.

"Naturally autistic" stands for things like -
It is natural to be autistic. Being autistic is OK, because it is natural. We, Autistics, are fine just like we are. We are how nature intended us to be.

OMG! We are in the baby stages ofputting something similar to this together. Autistic celebrations and presentations that honor who we are while at the same time teaching non-autistics about being autistics in a [largely fun and exciting] way that will foster undertanding,acceptance,and inclusion of Autistics.

The one I am envisioning is so much smaller.This one though. far beyond incredible! I have fallen in love! Please, can you tell me where this event takes place?

The organizers live near Vancouver, BC. Up until now, it always took place in BC. This year, they will be holding it in Scotland. In future years, they are planning on holding it in various countries around the world.

There is definitely room for doing a similar thing on a smaller scale. Are you planning to do it in addition to AutHaven? Or instead of AutHaven?

In addition to. At this point the people interested are all people who attended AutHaven. Any more news on the Autistic retreat going on in PA? Also,do you know anything about the week long seminar that Jim Sinclair is putting together?

Yes. A FAQ has been put on-line:
http://autisticcommunity.org/2014/04/19 ... rence-faq/

No news about Jim Sinclair's Autreat Citizenship Workshops yet.

News will be posted here:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/autreatinfo/info