Rain Man Returns

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If you happen to be within easy reach of Norwich, UK, this will be worth seeing.  The Oscar-winning film Rain Man – which paired Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise as estranged brothers – has been adapted for the theatre.

MyFriendQuest Launch

Finally – today, we launch MyFriendQuest.  MyFriendQuest is BrightmindLABS first product – and is a computer game clinically designed to teach children to recognize and respond appropriately to emotions.  But if you have come far enough into this site to be reading this post, chances are you’ll know that already.

MyFriendQuest Clinical Study

The MyFriendQuest Pilot Clinical Study has now commenced.  This study includes children aged between five and 13 – and with an existing diagnosis of either High Functioning Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. 

Scott James wins over Manchester

Scott James is an inspiration.  At 22 years of age, he has barely left his home for the past seven years. His social isolation is due to Asperger’s Syndrome.  Scott’s passion during that time has been singing – and he is now a contestant on Britain’s talent show “The X Factor”. 

Autistic Game Designer

Here’s a great story about an autistic boy playing to his strengths:  Jack Booth from Swindon, UK is 11 years old – and an internet hit thanks to his series of on-line games.  Jack has created games to challenge players around the world – including City Of The Dead, which no player has managed to [...]

Gary McKinnon

Anyone with even a passing interest in Twitter would be aware of the massive groundswell of support there for Gary McKinnon.  In a rough count over the past few hours, twitter posts with the hashtag #freegary have averaged around one every 90 seconds.  And the Free Gary McKinnon Facebook group has 8,291 members.  That adds [...]

Movies depicting Asperger’s and Autism – good, bad & ugly.

There is mixed opinion regarding movies that depict conditions on the autistic sprectrum – and there is a spate of new releases coming up.  Here are some of them:

Paddle for Autism Awareness

We’re writing this post from somewhere over Nebraska returning from a week of meeting great folk in Boston.  One of the highlights was meeting Molly and the team from the Global Autism Project.  They are organizing a series of events this summer called “Paddle for Autism Awareness”. 

Update MyFriendQuest

Thank you to everyone who has enquired on where we are at with MyFriendQuest.  The last three months have been particularly busy – and launch of MyFriendQuest is now very close.  In the three months since the BrightMind LABS project’s success at the Global Social Venture Competition in San Francisco,

Paddle for Autism Awareness – Boston

The BrightMind LABS team are looking forward to meeting the ”Paddle for Autism Awareness” event crew in Boston, MA on Saturday 8 August. This is a great cause - if you’re in the Boston area or are attending this event we’d very much like to meet you there and say “hello”!