Two Weeks of Interactive Talk with Rudy Simone, author of Aspergirls

Steve Silberman has a feature on the life and background of Rudy Simone

writer, jazz singer, and stand-up comedian in San Francisco. She’s also a proud member of an often-misunderstood minority-within-a-minority: a woman on the autism spectrum — or as she prefers to call herself, an “Aspergirl.”

Simone has recently published Aspergirls:Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome (available from Jessica Kingsley and Amazon).

Steve goes on to write:

Aspergirls is partly a personal memoir, and partly a book of practical advice and support for women on the spectrum and their parents and friends. Simone has asked a chorus of Aspie women to speak through its pages, and this personal testimony is deeply moving. Instead of the bulleted lists of traits and diagnostic criteria that fill many other books on the subject of autism, Aspergirls offers memorable snapshots of autistic lives from the inside.

Beginning today and continuing until November 10, Steve Silberman will be hosting

a group interview with Simone on the Well, one of the longest-lasting online communities. Most of the Well’s discussions are only open to paying members, but as part of a series of author interviews called Inkwell, my conversation with Simone about Aspergirls is readable by anyone on the Web. Interested readers can send their own questions for Simone to inkwell@well.com. When I get your questions, I’ll post them into the topic so Simone can respond. Indicate clearly if you want to remain anonymous.

 

Please join us on the Well.

I plan to -- especially on November 1 -- and I hope you will too.