Archive for March, 2012

Upcoming Event: Autism Awareness Month at Bohemia Coffee House

Bohemia

Ten years ago, Debra Hosseini and Keri Bowers had an amazing idea: to bring about a movement to showcase the artistic and creative talents of kids and adults on the autism spectrum.  Last year, Debra met another Autism mom, Linda Gund Anderson who had recently published a book Unintentional Humor; Celebrating the Literal Mind™. Together they discovered that [...]


Upcoming Event: Family Enrichment Weekend

Linda Gund Anderson, Dr. Sally Burton-Hoyle and Arlene Mantegna on the Moms panel

Next weekend we’re heading to Moscow, ID for the Family Enrichment Weekend organized by the Families Together Network.  Here is some information about Families Together and what the weekend is all about!  Linda will be a featured speaker at the event discussing her experiences as a mother of a child with Autism! The Event: Family [...]


Read About Us in the Ventura County Reporter

Brent Anderson and Linda Gund Anderson

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

Autism Key logo

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 [...]


Idiom of the Week: Frog In Your Throat

Frog in your throat

This describes a person with a hoarse or croaky sounding voice.  Long ago, Medieval physicians placed frogs into patients’ throats believing that their secretions could cure a cough.  Good thing they realized that was wrong.