The Meeting Blog
Stories, talks and themes from the three editions of the Asperger World Meeting.
Stories, talks and themes from the three editions of the Asperger World Meeting.
Xarifa Sarache — clinical psychologist and criminologist — spoke at the 2nd and 3rd Asperger World Meeting: first on potential and productivity, then on stigma as a suicide risk factor.
The Asperger World Meeting reaches its third edition. We review the themes of the 1st Meeting (2022), the 2nd (2023) and the 3rd Meeting (2024), organized by Asperger para Asperger.
The 3rd Asperger World Meeting (2024) was devoted to suicide prevention in the autism spectrum. Figures, risk and protective factors, and the role of bullying and stigma.
At the 1st Asperger World Meeting (2022), Venezuelan educational psychologist Mónica Cabrera spoke about Crouzon syndrome and rare diseases. How the Meeting became a leading space for giving visibility to these conditions.
Rodolfo Geloso and Gastón Perile, from Liga Asperger 7 (Argentina), took part in the 2nd and 3rd Asperger World Meeting. Their proposal: recover a dedicated diagnosis ahead of the DSM-6.
Tony Hernández Pumarejo closed the 3rd Asperger World Meeting with “An autistic life with purpose.” His message on stigma, acceptance and quality of life.
At the 1st Asperger World Meeting, advertising professional María Auxiliadora Ramírez — an Asperger person — shared practical keys for employment inclusion: from the interview process to on-the-job supports.
Bolivian lawyer Miguel Eduardo Dorado Márquez, diagnosed with Asperger in adulthood, spoke about “Faith as an anchor and a hope for life” at the 3rd Asperger World Meeting.
Advocate and photographer Amina Donskaya, Russian-born and based in Chile, brought the talk “Fatal silence: it's time to change the narrative” about suicide in the autistic community to the 3rd Asperger World Meeting.
The Asperger World Meeting has its own anthem, “Conectando Vidas: Rompiendo el Silencio,” and an album, “Mi Tiempo, Mi Fuerza.” Music as a tool for connection and expression in the community.
Psychologist Andrea Villegas, director of the Fundación Federico García Villegas “Soy diferente, soy como tú,” is the only speaker to have taken part in all three editions of the Asperger World Meeting.
Ezra, 13, a member of the Virtual Social and Educational Club, brought his testimony about making video games to the 3rd Asperger World Meeting. His initiative Imaginamos is now called Projectopia.
Clinical psychologist Virna Hernández opened the professional block of the 3rd Asperger World Meeting with “Caring for brilliant minds”: figures, risk and protective factors, myths and stigma around suicide.
Dr. Adriana Crostley, from the Autism Society of Texas and mother of a nonverbal autistic young man, showed at the 3rd Asperger World Meeting how the environment — not just the person — defines disability, and which concrete accommodations prevent isolation and depression.
Pediatrician Andrés Marcano opened the 2nd Asperger World Meeting (2023) with a talk on biomedicine: genetics, epigenetics, mitochondria and microbiota as levers for quality of life, without losing sight of the person before the condition.