Aspies and Auties, I need a hand!

[Corcaigh]

Hi all

My name is Martina, I have been on this forum for a few years but I mostly read and lurk, I din't post much lately ;-)

I am a proud parent of an Aspie boy (11) and also a (mature) student of psychology, currently starting a PhD on (surprise surprise ) ASD communication strategies, in UCC (University college of Cork, Ireland).

 

My research will be on-line, basically about how autistics and aspies use Internet-based communication (chats and Messenger) and if on-line communication can be used in schools and work places in the future to improve personal relationships. I am trying to form one or more on-line focus groups, using chat rooms or MSN Messenger, where we can all have informal chats (mainly about the topic of how you use the internet etc.).

 

I can give you loads of references of my supervisors in college (they are nice people, even if they are psychologists, really! ).

 

The only requisite I ask, of course, is that you are over 18 (for ethical reasons).

 

If you are interested write me in private (buckleym@iol.ie) or send me a PM for more details. The research will be very informal and I promise you not to be boring

 

Thanks to all of you who will help

 

Martina Buckley, Cork

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I would like to thank all the people who replied privately to this post. I will get in touch with everybody by the end of the week, I promise!

If anybody else is interested, please feel free to contact me

 

Martina

[Corcaigh]

Hi everybody, I'm here again. Maybe many of you won't remember me as I post so rarely (but I keep reading you, really!), but I am Martina from Cork, Ireland, parent of an Aspie boy and with some Aspie traits myself (no wonder I turned ASD into a lifetime obsession ). Some members of this forum generously sent me PMs with offers of help a few months ago, therefore I feel I owe them some updated news about my research. I've finally published a website about it: http://www.ucc.ie/en/iscl/ and I would be grateful if you could take a look. It is still tentative and will be changed and updated on an everyday basis, but it might give you an idea about my kind of research. I am not looking for participants in the "classic" passive academic way, I am actually looking for people who can give me an active input and some fresh ideas to implement.

If you're interested feel free to contact me (either PM me or write buckleym@iol.ie).

Thanks for your time, I know it's precious.

 

Cheers from Ireland

 

Martina

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Happy new year to everybody!

Sorry for intruding again but I am currently looking for "fresh" participants for the research. The "pilot" stage is concluded and I now intend to gather more material for the next six more before starting the analysis. If somebody else is interested in on-line talking/writing to me can still contact me. You can find all the information on the website: http://www.ucc.ie/en/iscl/.

No need to say that whoever is interested in the results of the research, whether participant or not, can get updates by contacting me privately.

Thanks!

 

Martina

Edited January 7, 2008 by Corcaigh