Sunday, November 23, 2008

Autism Twitter Day

I am putting together an event at Twitter to promote positive autism awareness. This is still in the planning stage and not yet finalized on the date, number of hours and time frame for this to take place.

I placed an inquiry on HARO - Help A Reporter Out last week. Here is that posting which appeared in the afternoon edition Thursday, November 20, 2008:

"Will be promoting positive autism awareness on twitter one day in mid December. Seeking products geared to the autism and asperger community to give away as prizes for questions answered and pop quizzes on the subject. Looking for products to cover all age groups and including sensory type items. Here is a listing showing all those in the autism/asperger community on Twitter.

I can also do reviews on my autism site. I am listed at www.twitter.com/autismfamily Help brighten the lives of autism families by contributing to this positive event."

If you are also a member of twitter or joining twitter, please post your ID here so I can add it to the page listing all autism connections. If you have a product you would like to offer for one of the giveaways please contact me through email listed at this blog or through twitter direct message system (DM).

I would like to find out when the majority of families who are on twitter can participate in this event. I have a poll here for a few days, please comment here in regard to your vote.

I need to know if it is best on a weekend day or weekday. I see many events taking place on twitter and they all seem to be at night on a weekday. I am on the west coast and would prefer Friday or Tuesday so I can prepare and be ready while my other son is at school. I am running for Secretary of the CAC with LAUSD and will be at elections on Monday.

I have been thinking that 4-6 hours is too long and would like to try it at two to three hours. If you have an opinion on this please give me some feedback so I can finalize this before the end of this month, get a logo or something for a button to promote the event and share with others. Plus I still need to get all the pics of the giveaways and have a sign up with Mr. Linky for those who want to attend.

Again, please take part in the poll and offer any thoughts in the comments. I am using my Pecs Club Ning Site and created an autism twitter group to post ideas and examples, a brainstorming group for this event.

32 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good Afternoon, my 6 yr old is on the Autism spectrum as well. I am on twitter as ChicCookie. I sell purses & the owner of the company also has a child with Autism. We sell Autism jewelry & a percentage of the sales goes to Aid4Autism.

My website is: http://www.JuneSockolChicPursenality.com

I'm glad I came accross your page on Twitter! I'm now following you so I can get this great information.

Anonymous said...

Wishing you the very best with your event. Regards, C.

Anonymous said...

Hi! As homeopath I would be delighted to help and asnswer questions. As i live in Sydney the timings are crucial as we are one day ahead. Anytime between 1pm and 11pm LA time is good either Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday your times!
For the freebies....I have my teleseminar downloads that might work depending on how big the event gets?
Love to be of homeopathic help
Sam

Anonymous said...

Hi Bonnie, Great idea - I am wheresthebox on Twitter. I voted for Friday because I think traffic is less on the weekends and because that Tuesday is jam packed for me.

I am on Eastern Time (PA) and can participate between 9am-12pm, or from 7pm-10pm if the morning doesn't work. Depending on how it all works out, I might be able to do my Friday post at 5MFSN about it, which goes live at 9am as well.

If the weekend works out better for people, I am fairly flexible on times.

I have some Bounce DVD's (music therapy, aimed at preschool/early elementary) I won a while back that have never been opened and would be willing to give one of those away.

Feel free to email me at trish[at]anotherpieceofthepuzzle[dot]com to discuss further.

Anonymous said...

I would go with a day with a lot of traffic. I think that would be a week day.
My kid has aspergers.

Anonymous said...

Please add me as well. My son Jesse is 23 and an amazing autistic savant. I am a WAHM so any day is fine for me.

Thanks for including us.:-)

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danette said...

I voted Saturday but I could do Friday night after the boys go to bed too. I don't have any products but I'd be happy to blog about it. If it ends up being a time I can't join in on Twitter I will still blog about it ahead of time to spread the word :).

Unknown said...

Good idea.

Lea Schizas - Author/Editor said...

I voted for Saturday and any time is great for me. Working with so many time zones may end up being a headache at first but the event is so worth it.

Kudos.

Anonymous said...

I would love to be part of your event!

Daytime is always better for me (EST) as we don't do daycare for my aspie son.

www.twitter.com/wcollinshd

www.durhamhomeopathy.com

Anonymous said...

My son Mickie has severe autism. My autism blog is Autistic by Injection at: http://mickiesprogress.blogspot.com

My twitter Id is artdezurama

What a great idea!!

Floortime Repository said...

This is a great idea. My twitter is

https://twitter.com/Alexisfloortime

Anonymous said...

What a great idea! I don't have an autistic family member myself, but I volunteer each week at a therapeutic horseback riding facility and have several autistic kids and adults that I've been working with. I would love to be involved in raising some awareness. I'm twitter.com/jackiebaker. I'll follow you.

I've also written some posts about the benefits of therapeutic riding on my horse blog, if anyone is interested. Just click on the category "therapeutic riding" in the left sidebar for posts with information and some of my personal experiences.

Holly said...

Hi Bonnie,

Thanks for the update. I think the Twitter event is a great idea. I'll stay posted to find out what day was voted in. I'm new to twitter but I think that I am following you as a friend... I will stay tuned. And thanks for the link and Meghan is at home this week and having a real vacation!!

Navi said...

oooh,

I'll participate, if I can!

I'm navi on Twitter.

Casdok said...

Great idea.
I have yet to join Twitter!

Anonymous said...

Hi Bonnie,

I've finally signed up for Twitter! My ID is teenautism. This is a great idea for an event! Best wishes to you.

Anonymous said...

Bonnie,

What an innovative idea. Hopefully the first of many to come!

All of us at Advanced Brain Technologies are honored to contribute to Autism Twitter Day. We will reach out to try to get some more professionals in our community to get involved!

Twitter Accounts
http://twitter/AlexDoman
http://twitter/AdvancedBrain

The Four Week Vegan said...

Thanks for following my blog. I have grabbed a button and look forward to joining in on 12/16.

Anonymous said...

This is a great idea. Let me know how I can help.
- Bill
twitter.com/autism_research

Palymama said...

This is a great idea. I'd support. My nephew has autism and I like to educate and stay plugged into this community as much as possible to provide support for his family. His mother is in denial about him so I have to learn on my own! what is the twitter name for the autism day event?

Bonnie sayers said...

To Palymama and others -

There is more info with all the twitter ids of those in the autism/asperger community -

http://autismfamily.tumblr.com

also my ID is www.twitter.com/autismfamily

You would follow at www.summize.com the #ASD hashtag used for time slots in pacific standard time of 9AM, 12:30 PM and 8 PM. Please let me know what your twitter ID is also. thanks for the comments.

Anonymous said...

My wife and I would love to participate. Our son, 14, is autistic.

My twitter page is www.twitter.com/coop179

I don't have much to offer as my wife is a SAHM and I am a self-employed web designer, but I would be willing to volunteer my services if there was an interest. I can do web design, print and video production. Along with search engine optimization for websites.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for doing this. :) I'm 35 and I find that it's often still a struggle to remind myself to pass information like this along. It's just not been part of my makeup to "share" information like this, but particularly now that I believe I'm on the spectrum, I'm working hard to reinvent myself with a routine of sharing. :) So I posted a link to this announcement via my Twitter account @DataFaucet.

I just completed an all-day neuro-testing session yesterday. I'll have a follow up with the results some time in the first week of January. Wish me luck! :)

jypsy said...

I'm on Twitter as thejypsy

I blog with my autistic son at http://therunman.blogspot.com

Lili said...

I'm an autistic mother of two autistic children, and my Twitter page can be found here:
http://twitter.com/lilirose

Anonymous said...

Morning all. I'm the father of a 4 year old boy with Aspergers and am on twitter http://twitter.com/thegreeno

Great project!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for all that you are doing for Autism Awareness! I'm following you on Twitter. I'm @ericasteller and will now be following your blog. My 7-yr-old daughter was diagnosed with PDD-NOS in September of this year.

Anonymous said...

Wow! Thanks for all your hard work:) My Twitter id is bookroomreviews. My four yr old has aspergers.

Pedro said...

Awesome, I am at http://twitter.com/pvera

Anonymous said...

I will tweet for Autism. My 18-y-o is an Aspie who I was told to put in a group home when he was 5 and again when he was 12. He graduated high school with a regular diploma and is now a college freshman.

http://twitter.com/cathymccaughan

Accidental Expert said...

Bonnie,

Wonderful idea. Count me in. I'm @RaisingCompKids on Twitter and my blog is http://accidentalexpert.blogspot.com

I write about my son with Asperger's and my daughter with Bipolar.

 
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