» » Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism http://autisma-z.org Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:00:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Autism Event Tonight http://autisma-z.org/2018/04/12/autism-event-tonight/ http://autisma-z.org/2018/04/12/autism-event-tonight/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:00:03 +0000 http://autisma-z.org/?p=177 Continue reading →]]> Please join us for a special autism event at the Livermore Civic Center Library
TONIGHT at 7 p.m.

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Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 7 p.m.

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In celebration of National Poetry Month, National Library Week, and Autism Awareness Month, Autism A to Z’s founder, Cynthia Patton, will host a special autism awareness event at the Livermore Civic Center Library, 1188 South Livermore Avenue, on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7 p.m.

Called Audacious April—A Celebration of Autism, Poetry and Libraries, the event will also feature Matteo Musso, a pre-verbal autistic teen who communicates and writes poetry (even a book!) through the use of a letter board.

If you have ever wanted to learn more about the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), this is an excellent opportunity! Come experience it in person and learn more.

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Don’t know what RPM is? Come and see for yourself. The Rapid Prompting Method has made an enormous difference for autistic individuals with no or limited verbal abilities such as Matteo and Cynthia’s daughter, Katie.

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Cynthia will read selections from her book Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism (Finishing Line Press, 2016) as well as newer poems dealing with autism. She will also unveil a poem written in honor of our library. Matteo will read poems he wrote using RPM and has graciously offered to answer questions. Cynthia and Matteo will both have books available for sale.

Please join us for a very special event on April 12th!

 

]]> http://autisma-z.org/2018/04/03/autism-awareness-event-at-livermore-library/feed/ 0 Literary Event to Benefit Autism A to Z http://autisma-z.org/2016/04/10/literary-event-to-benefit-autism-a-to-z/ http://autisma-z.org/2016/04/10/literary-event-to-benefit-autism-a-to-z/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:00:10 +0000 http://autisma-z.org/?p=132 Continue reading →]]> Chicken-Soup-AutismAutism A to Z will be hosting a very special autism awareness event on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Called Celebrating Life on the Spectrum, it will feature poetry and prose dealing with autism spectrum disorder read by Bay Area authors Connie Post, Anne K. Ross, and Cynthia J. Patton. Marilyn Kammelgarn will join them to read selections from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum. 

Connie Post was the Livermore Poet Laureate from 2005 to 2009, and is the author of Floodwater, When The Sun Drops, and Trip Wires. She hosts the Valona Deli Poetry Series in Crockett, California.

Anne K. Ross is an award-winning writer and school psychologist. She recently published Beyond Rain Man: What One Psychologist Learned Raising A Son on the Autism Spectrum.

Cynthia J. Patton’s award-winning work has appeared in twelve anthologies, including the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, print and online publications, and her blog, An Unplanned Life. Her poetry collection, Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. She is completing a memoir on her unconventional journey to motherhood.

The free event will take place on Saturday, April 23, 2016, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 8th Street in Livermore, California. A book signing will follow the reading. Proceeds from the event will benefit Autism A to Z.

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