Thanks Califmom.  BTW, do you have any interest in ASAN--LA area?  I'm one of the co-coordinators.

Califmom, I'm refering to the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network.  (www.autisticadvocacy.org)  We've only just started up our chapters, and our events so far have been in West LA, which I realize might be too far for you.  (I hate LA traffic.)  Basically we're interested in varioius kinds of advocacy issues, on both a local and national levels.

For our first event, we had a panel discussion about neurodiversity which went really well.  A lot of psychological research people were there, so it was really great to have a chance to give them our perspective.  The director of the LA chapter of Autism Speaks was also there, oddly enough.  We will probably be protesting Autism Speaks in Pasadena in April, if you're interested in that.