Autism Across The Lifespan conference
On November 3rd we participated in the “Autism Across the Lifespan” conference in Camarillo, CA. The conference keynote speaker was Jerry Newport, an author with Asperger syndrome whose life was the basis of the 2005 film Mozart and the Whale (starring Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell). He is known for his frank advice and humor [...]
Ventura County Star Article
Last weekend, Brent and Linda were featured in the Ventura County Star! Read part of the article below. In Camarillo Talk, Mother-Son Duo Talk Share Experiences About Autism By: Mark Storer When Brent Anderson was a young boy, his mother, Linda knew he was a different. “He was diagnosed with autism at age 13,” [...]
Celebrate Autism on Positively Autistic Radio
Have you listened to Linda Gund Anderson and Debra Hosseini on Celebrate Autism: Positively Autistic Radio, their bi-monthly radio show? Here is yesterday’s broadcast where they interviewed Dr. Peter Gerhardt of the McCarton School in New York and Gary Schwartz of Training for Independent Living in Ventura, CA. Make sure you tune in Tuesdays at [...]
Brand New Radio Show!
Exciting things have been happening at the Unintentional Humor™ offices! We are very proud to announce that Linda Gund Anderson is going to be a co-host of a new radio show with Debra Hosseini of The Art of Autism. The show starts tomorrow at 10:00 PST on Positively Autistic Radio and is called The Celebrate [...]
Art of Autism-Ventura Westside Art Walk
We were excited to be included in the Art of Autism exhibit at the Ventura Westside Art Walk! Over 900 visitors stopped in to view the incredible artwork created by individuals with Autism. We enjoyed meeting new friends such as Bradford Spady (pictured above with Brent and Dani Bowman). Bradford is the author and illustrator of [...]
Upcoming Event: Westside ArtWalk
This weekend (July 21-22) we will be participating in Ventura’s Westside ArtWalk. Sponsored by the VC Reporter, the exhibit, On The Spectrum: Art and Autism is being organized by autism Mom and co-founder of the Art of Autism, Debra Hosseini. After a lot of preparation and hard work, the art gallery is starting to look fantastic! It’s going [...]
Upcoming Events: July
Summer is in full swing, and so are we! July is jam-packed with some great events, and we hope to see you at some of them. Linda and Brent Presentation July 3, 2012 Camarillo, CA Brent and Linda will be sharing their presentation; “Finding Humor While Living with Autism” at Dos Caminos Elementary [...]
Read About Us in the Ventura County Reporter
Last fall we had the pleasure of talking with Joan Trossman Bien via phone interview about Unintentional Humor™. Her article The Funny Side of Autism is an interview about Unintentional Humor™ and the literal mind. We enjoyed speaking with her about our book and feel that she really understood what our book was about. Thank [...]
Unintentional Humor™ on The Autism Key website
We met Gary G. Porter at an Autism conference last summer. He wrote about our book, Unintentional Humor™, on his blog. See what he had to say below and check out his website http://www.autismkey.com/. The Autism Key article: A common characteristic of those on the autism spectrum is the difficulty in grasping abstract concepts, meaning non-tangible [...]
Ventura County Reporter Article
The Funny Side of Autism Local authors offer a unique perspective in new book By Joan Trossman Bien 10/06/2011 Have you ever had an experience like this? I had a job where I was tooling around in a bus quite often, carting the traveling press from place to place. During one ride, I chatted with a [...]