RE: Fresh Thinking on Autism

Hi Jan,

I second E.A.’s thoughts.

I just forwarded your message to all my colleagues at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center<https://shriver.umassmed.edu/>.

John

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From: EA Draffan [mailto:ead@ecs.soton.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 4:29 PM
To: McSorley, Jan <jan.mcsorley@pearson.com>; public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Subject: RE: Fresh Thinking on Autism

Thank you so much for sharing this video with us all Jan.  Really inspiring as well as thought provoking in so many ways.
Best wishes
E.A.


From: McSorley, Jan [mailto:jan.mcsorley@pearson.com]
Sent: 17 August 2018 20:04
To: public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org<mailto:public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>>
Subject: Fresh Thinking on Autism

Hi Everyone,

One of my team members is friends with the person who is the subject of the following story.  She first met him at the college where she worked.  I hope that you will take a few minutes to enjoy this success story and to learn a bit more about Deej and his journey:

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