Michelle Fattig

Contrary to a local "professional's" opinion, the diagnosis of Asperger's does not require that a child "lick strangers faces." You can not discipline away a disability! We are not lazy, we do apply ourselves, our parents do not need to just provide more structure, it is not a choice, and we are the cool team.

Annie Books are fun to read, provide useful information, allow for empathetic understanding, for those of you, who don't get to understand it from the inside, and those of us, who don't know, that those of you, don't understand it from the inside! We think that everyone feels this way, so we wonder what is wrong with us, and why can't we just be normal...

Rx for Family Health
This conference provides 3 days of professional development for parenting and family educators, child care providers, and other family serving professionals, where nationally recognized researchers and practitioners share cutting-edge information and techniques. Friday, March 14 (9:45-11:45 am)

• Living, parenting, and educating with Asperger’s Syndrome - Michelle Fattig
  The workshop will address specific information on working with parents, educators, and students with executive functioning disorders and ‘spectrum-ie’ people. Behavioral techniques, understanding behaviors, emotional and behavior overload, reducing and redirecting, positive behavioral supports that are most effective with people on our team and more. ‘As well as accommodations and modifications, why should we?’ and ‘You can not discipline away, a disability.

Michelle Fattig-Smith, Ed.S., doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership, is a school psychologist, certified medical technologist, parent advocate, and author of the Annie Books Series: Experience Asperger's Syndrome and Attention Deficits Through the Eyes of a Child. The Annie Books are a must read for any parent, teacher, or student with the challenges of Asperger’s Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorders.