sometimes kids with aspergers can do things that are off putting. i sat with a kid in a class that put his leg over class during the -- over the head during class and 17 years old and it's off putting. we can own it and now what do we do about it? it's not distracting to everybody fine but how do we do it in a way we're honest with everyone in the room and reaching out to each other appropriately. >> you have a project and working on a thing, a whole school based project. >> yeah, well -- anyways thank you guys. this is really a great conversation. just a little bit about where we're going. "bully" the movie is backed by a team, the bully project, and we have been bringing the film and educating, training professional development largely thriewr our partnership with them and provides that to school districts and classrooms across the country for free, so educators can sign up, and if they agree to do the training and to take it seriously and embed it with the kids and the adults in the community we provide them with oftentimes busing, but often free

first off, the inclusion of asperger's, in 1994 opened up the book to a plethora of people including myself who never before would have qualified for an autism spectrum disorder, but even for traditional audits and the definition was changed. i may get these numbers wrong, but in the old book it was six mandatory criteria for a diagnosis of autism. if you got five but not six, back in those days it was mental retardation. now i believe it is eight optional out of a field of 16 possible criteria. that blows those numbers out of the water. >> i see my time is up. >> do you want to be recognized for a minute? mr. blaxill has a quick comment to be made? >> on the service question, if possible. >> we are trying to extend the courtesy to allow this important question. mr. blaxill. >> i want to correct the record. first of all, the one in 88 -- the problem with what the cdc does is they do not break up the category. we do not even have the tools to support the claim there has been diagnostic expansion making a difference. the extent that there is data in cdc asperger's cdc, is a very small

and he has a son with asperger's and we created the character in the series. you get to do real-life experiences and eress them through the series. for example, this week i looked at a rough cut that my son riley actually experienced when he was going to a normal school, malibu high and i found the perfect school outside of malibu high for him to go to, which took about 10 years to figure out. i one day said hey, i would like you to look at this particular school. he said, no, no, i decided what i'm going to do is run for office. i said, "well, what office do you think you are going to run for?" i was thinking secretary, president. "i'm going to run for student body president." 800ids, the best and the brightest. and he ended up winning. [applause] it was the most, you know, the most emotional moment that i'd had ever perhaps because tass life-changing to him, it affected his self-image in a way that was so profound and i let him stay, of course, and serve as president of malibu high and it was just something that changed his life. and now we were able to do a

and he has a son with asperger's and we created the character in the series. you get to do real-life experiences and express them through the series. for example, this week i looked at a rough cut that my son riley actually experienced when he was going to a normal school, malibu high and i found the perfect school outside of malibu high for him to go to, which took about 10 years to figure out. i one day said hey, i would like you to look at this particular school. he said, no, no, i decided what i'm going to do is run for office. i said, "well, what office do you think you are going to run for?" i was thinking secretary, president. "i'm going to run for student body president." 800 kids, the best and the brightest. and he ended up winning. [applause] it was the most, you know, the most emotional moment that i'd had ever perhaps because tass life-changing to him, it affected his self-image in a way that was so profound and i let him stay, of course, and serve as president of malibu high and it was just something that changed his life. and now we were able to

channel 2 website, go to www.ktvu.com, look for the weather section or you can use one of our mobile asperger's syndromes -- mobile apps. >>> and we will have more on how to avoid the fiscal cliff the one that is looming. then on friday, the president visits a toy frack are you in november and they are -- factory in november and the president wants to extend tax cuts for middle-class americans while letting them run out for people who earn more than 250,000 a year. coming up, we will find out if they are any closer to a deal. >>> he is waiting to see an update from treasure island. >> that's right, they are escorting residents, those people have been waiting for hours to get on and off for work. it is closed and they are using northbound lanes going to and from the island just sort of alternating two directions of travel so they can get there tomorrow. we will show you areas and you can see westbound traffic, and it is sluggish as you head inland. and i should say towards the oakland area and then up here in concord and pittsburgh on highway 4. on the east shore you can see there are lots more

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