ACE Project(Autism Connections Europe)

Mircea-Valer Paucă, Româniampauca4@yahoo.com

ACE Project has meant to me:

• Test of practical living skills, initiative and adapting to different environments

• Tourism and culture• Science/Politics of the Autism spectrum• Interacting with interesting people

Test of practical living skills, initiative and adapting to different environments

• Like ‘military manoeuvres’ – find limitations under more complex requirements and ways to improve

• A happy emergency – unlocked special reserves !

Hostel Celica – LjubljanaGymnastic skills requiredto descend safely!

‘Socializing’ at restaurant ?Noise not visible hereCaution about unknown food

Test of practical living skills, initiative and adapting to different environments (2)

• ‘Executive functions’ rarely used this thoroughly in our simplified, partly supported daily life

Self-organization ?After a while, everything got mixed up.Whose is each thing ? Pack up quickly!!

Deep excited-fatigue afterNeed to ‘stim’, hum, sleep at day

Tourism and culture• Ljubljana May 12-14th, 2010• Others also saw: Postojna cave, Ljubljanica castle(choices, choices… I went to the scientific conference)

Ljubljana – Dragons bridge and Castle Hill

City Hall, Obelisk of 3 rivers

Tourism and culture (2)

• Our special interests too ! More motivation

Pipe organ of Franciscan church -my special interest since several years

Railway stationEveryone enjoyed that !

Science/Politics of the Autism spectrum

Conference May 14th – Fuzine Castle“Inclusion – Switch from minus to plus”

Nada Kavkler – with Asperger’spresents on her school transitions

Ciril Horjak – Adapted job trainingCartoon drawing – art and technique

Science/Politics of the Autism spectrum (2)

Formal dinner as ‘networking’ environmentNot our natural medium; groups remained isolated

Aurélie Baranger – director, Autism EuropeEvelyne Friedel – president, Autism EuropeAndré Masin – president, AFG France

Slovenian Polka Hat dance was fun!

Interacting with interesting people

Rok Kraigher – 40, Asperger’s Syndromewe had nice discussion: history, linguisticsJanja Kranjc – Avtizem Slovenia

Photos and written names useful for recognizing later…

• Much different levels of initiative, speech, English among us• We’d like communication opportunities less formal than a

‘press conference’ and less noisy than e.g. restaurants• Talking while walking helps… e.g. in a park