Talk:John Elder Robison

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I've tagged this article "unreferenced." Besides needed sources (the facts in the article most likely come from his recent book), the article contains a lot of non-notable details and reads a little bit like an essay (Kiss guitars = notable, but "savant-like ability to design electronic circuits" = not notable and possible original research). Graymornings (talk) 00:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Graymornings. I just wandered into this discussion, and I have a question.  Given that the page refers back to Robison's book at the bottom, isn't that source enough to address your concern?--MARQUIS111 (talk) 15:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahhh, give me a swift kick, eh? I just noticed that your original edit is an older one, so your concern has likely already been addressed way back when.--MARQUIS111 (talk) 15:56, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * To conclude this extenuated discussion, i will commence to remove the unreferenced tag, under the assumption that these facts are available in the author's autobiography, as the above editor similarly surmises.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:03, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Removed for lack of citations
WP:BLP, please cite this to WP:RS before before readding it, take care with original research and puffery and by the way, please remove the word "recent", which has no meaning in a dynamic environment. Also, I've just removed a large chunk of plagiarism, so please do not reinstate text without verifying that it is not WP:COPYVIO and is correctly paraphrased in our own words. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 19:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Robison dropped out of Amherst High School in the tenth grade, to join the Amherst-based rock band Fat, but later an honorary diploma from The Monarch School in Houston in May 2008. Dr. Marty Webb, founder and head of The Monarch School, stated that “it is unconscionable to me as an educator ... that someone of John's intelligence, competence and life achievement is walking around without a high school diploma.” Monarch, dedicated to providing an innovative, therapeutic education for individuals with neurological differences, has collaborated with Robison on the development of teacher guides for his best seller, Look Me in the Eye as well as the sequel, Be Different.

Several years later, his ability to design electronic circuits allowed him to work for Brittania Row Autio (Britro), Pink Floyd's sound company. After that he worked for KISS, for whom he created their signature illuminated, fire-breathing, and rocket launching guitars. He subsequently designed electronic games at toy maker Milton Bradley. Robison then worked for Simplex Time Recorder, Isoreg Corporation and Candela Laser of Wayland, Massachusetts. He later managed J E Robison Service Co. from his backyard. He became successful from the venture, the business being one of the largest independent Land Rover, Rolls-Royce and Bentley specialty shops in the country, and becoming one of only 20 four-star service agents for Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany.

Asperger syndrome
Like many people his age, Robison was unaware that he had Asperger syndrome, first learning of his condition when he was 40 years old. From 2008-2011, Robison served as a spokesman for the Graduate Autism Program at the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee, Massachusetts. From 2012 onward he has been the Neurodiversity Scholar in Residence at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He has also worked with Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone of Harvard Medical School and Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on the use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as an experimental autism treatment. Robison has written about that work on his blog and elsewhere. He has been interviewed by Diane Rehm on NPR, Leonard Lopate of WNYC, and Erin Moriarty of CBS Sunday Morning. He has appeared on CBS News, The Today Show, and other news programs. He was profiled in a 2011 segment of the Discovery Science show Ingenious Minds.
 * Because Robison "was diagnosed with Asperger's at 40" according to the article and its talk page, the article has been correctly categorized within the WP Category:People with Asperger syndrome (which is for WP subjects who have been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome). It shouldn't, therefore, be categorized also within the WP Category:People on the autism spectrum (which is for WP subjects who have been diagnosed with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)) as he wasn't diagnosed with either PDD or ASD. Yes, it is true that Asperger Syndrome was once a PDD. But, for the sake of WP categorization, it was decided by WP administrators to create the two separate categories using differing conditions for categorization). If Robison has, in fact, been diagnosed with PDD or ASD as well, please cite the relevant information source(s) to prove the additional diagnosis. Meanwhile, I have, once again, deleted the article's categorization within the WP Category:People on the autism spectrum for lack of proof and miscategorization. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6008:3B:41F2:EAAD:FE16:3278 (talk) 12:19, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Asperger Syndrome under the DSM-5 is Autism. Your edit will be reverted. 203.17.215.22 (talk) 00:16, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The WP categories "People on the autism spectrum" and "People with Asperger syndrome" are based on what clinical diagnosis subjects received most recently. Since most receive just one diagnosis, and don't pursue updated diagnoses, the categories separate the two diagnoses as independent categorization of articles. In conflating the two categories by using the logic that they are both one and the same, WP would end up with two, large, identical categories, wouldn't it? The history of the categories shows strongly that creating and maintaining two, large, identical categories was never the intent of WP administrators or its editors who voted a couple years ago to retain and maintain two primary categories regarding the matter of Asperger syndrome and autism. As such, the two remaining categories are separate and independent with their own criteria for article categorization. Please respect their opinion unless and until another such vote is offered to WP editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.116.253 (talk) 13:26, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Recent life
In June 2009, Robison served as a public reviewer for the National Institute of Mental Health when it reviewed applications for autism research that is to be funded as part of the economic stimulus package of 2009. Today Robison serves as a member of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which produces the Strategic Plan for Autism for the US Federal government.

In early 2011, Robison's guide for people with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Be Different, was published. It includes what things to say in social situations, how to fit in, and some of his experiences that were not expressed in Look Me in the Eye. His latest book, Raising Cubby, a memoir of parenting a son with Asperger's, was released in March 2013.

Robison lives with his wife Maripat Robison in Amherst, Massachusetts, and is still continuing his activism across the country.

Autism rights
Robison was a discussant for the Autism Social, Legal, and Ethical Research Special Interest Group at the 2014 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). He ended up taking the group to task, stating that the autism science community is headed for disaster if it does not change course on several factors – and noting for context the larger size of the US autistic community in proportion to other minority groups such as Jewish or Native American communities.

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