- Wrong Planet
] [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-autism_treatment_thinkmay11,0,2646107.story Illnesses - chicagotribune.com ] ] [ [http://nymag.com/news/features/47225/ The New Wave of Autism Rights Activists - New York Magazine ] ]
In 2005, a 19-year-old member of the site,
William Freund , [Hann, Michael. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,1642081,00.html A loaded discussion.] "The Guardian",November 14 ,2005 . Retrieved on2008-03-07 .] shot two people and himself inAliso Viejo, California . [] In 2007, a man who was accused of murdering his dermatologist apparently posted on the site while eluding the police. [cite web|url=http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/939197.php?contentType=4&contentId=911382|date=2007-09-13|title=Dermatologist's Accused Killer Apparently Blogged About His Emotions|publisher=WBBM|accessdate=2008-03-20] Wrong Planet was covered in aDateline NBC report on the incident. [cite episode
title=Appointment for Murder
url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23592456
series=Dateline NBC
airdate=2008-03-16]In 2008, Wrong Planet began getting involved in autistic self advocacy with the goal of furthering the rights of autistic individuals living in the United States. Representatives from the organization testified at the
NIMH 's Interagency Autism Coordinating committee. [cite web|title=The Ides of March|date=March 15, 2008|publisher=Autism Vox|author=Kristina Chew, PhD|url=http://www.autismvox.com/the-ides-of-march/] Owner Alex Plank also began taking speaking engagements for various Autism conferences. For instance, Plank will speak withJerry Newport andStephen Shore at the Open Center for Autism's 2nd annual conference inNew York . [cite news|title=ASA News|date=September 14, 2007|publisher=Autism Society of America |url=http://www.autism-society.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=12881&em_id=12126.0&JServSessionIdr007=vg7ni]Wrong Planet was covered in
MIT 'sMedia Lab course 'Techno-Identity' (MAS.961) in 2006 [http://web.media.mit.edu/~alea/TechnoIdentity/technoIDwk7paper.doc] and is on the syllabus ofUCLA 's 'Autism and Asperger Syndrome in the Media: Through the eyes of individuals with Autism' (Education 88S). [http://courses.gseis.ucla.edu/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=9373] Wrong Planet comes up in the special education curriculum of many universities in the United States. A page is dedicated to Wrong Planet and its founder in a textbook used by various Universities such as theUniversity of Virginia andGeorge Mason University for introduction to special education courses. [cite book
last = Hallahan
first = Dan
title = Exceptional Learners: Introduction to Special Education (10th Edition)
pages = 452
publisher = Allyn & Bacon
year = 2006
isbn = 0205444210 ] [ [http://teach.virginia.edu/index.php?option=com_currypeople&userid=dph&task=detail The Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia ] ] [ [http://cehd.gmu.edu/assets/syllabus/EDSE401-501-C01-04D-McDuffie.pdf George Mason University ] ] [http://oregonstate.edu/education/programs/syllabi/COUN548.doc]References
External links
* [http://wrongplanet.net WrongPlanet.net]
* [http://alexplank.com Alex Plank] (Wrong Planet founder)
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