Naturally Autistic ANCA

Naturally Autistic® ANCA® welcomes our amazing, & very talented international Online Team!

You can view their articles, their stories, poetry, monthly columns, photography, video-graphic art, editorials and more in our FREE monthly Naturally Autistic international online newsletter!

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Erik Estabrook biography

Erik Estabrook is a young aspiring poet that writes for purity, purity of expression and the value of life. He is joyful about the fact that he has an international audience and isn’t just writing to himself. His best expressions are yet to come, even after being published over 60 times, and having authored 5 published poetry books.

Erik Estabrook, Poet & contributing writer Naturally Autistic International online newsletter

Erik wants to add a beautiful touch to the world, poetry is his way of fixing the planets’ problems. He enjoys community advocacy and volunteering. Writing has provided a window to his own soul and increased his relationship with God.  In the future with his writing he hopes to touch lives and increase autism awareness.

Erik is self-taught and not afraid to try any poetry form.  He had found the cinquain and villanelle to be 2 of his favorite forms.  In his words, “They allow an entirely new perspective and should be respected because they make poetry even more diverse.  When you get one right there’s no feeling like it. Getting one right to me means you add your way to the form.”

When asked what he enjoys most he says, “… a peaceful life with my family and volunteering brings me peace of mind with time to help others.”

Read about Erik’s journey as a young emerging and very talented poet in our Premiere Issue of Naturally Autistic magazine – Fall 2010

You can learn more about Erik Estabrook by visiting his website at: http://www.erikestabrook.com

http://erikestabrook.com/index.php?categoryid=15&p2_articleid=3

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Paul Maywood biography

Paul Maywood, contributing writer, poet, photographer Naturally Autistic International online newsletter

Paul is fifty-five and has Asperger’s Syndrome. A result of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Paul has had to deal with seizures from the age of seven weeks. During childhood he made many visits to the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital (now closed) in Brighton, East Sussex, due to having status epilepticus, up until aged fifteen. Paul attended a Remedial School where he learned to read at age seven.  At age eleven he was admitted to Lingfield Hospital School (NCYPE) where he learned to speak Spanish (French and German to a degree since) in out-of-school hours. On three Occasions he was asked to interpret for Sussex Police at East Grinstead.

At the end of April 1971 he left school and spent two-and-a-half years at the National Society for Epilepsy, in Chalfont St Peter, Bucks. This was before going to work for a Heating Firm in East Grinstead in 1973, where he worked for twenty months before being made redundant and returning to the NSE for a three-month spell. On January 12^th 1976 (ten years to the day from being admitted to LHS) Paul went to work for a Hygiene Firm with whom he is employed to this day. On his late Dad’s retirement from the Police Force, Paul and his family moved from East Grinstead to Uckfield where his Mum took up a Post at a Home for the Elderly there.

From August 1975 up until October 1996 Paul had an enjoyable experience as an Arsenal Supporter at Highbury, where he had a Free Pass for seventeen out of twenty-one Seasons; both as an Arsenal Lottery Agent and as a Match Day Assistant to the Arsenal Groundsman. This made him privy to being guaranteed a Cup Final ticket whenever they reached a Wembley Final. Paul has met numerous celebrities in the course of this position that he acquired through “being in the right place at the right time.”

“I have written many poems in my time, sadly most have been mislaid over the years.”

To learn more about Paul click this link http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195081367184984#!/notes/paul-maywood/25-things-about-me/50952234587?notif_t=note_reply

“My main forte is impersonating; it could be said horses for courses!”

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Scott Jackson biography

Scott Jackson, Artist, Poet, contributing writer Naturally Autistic International online newsletter, Video-graphic art, Naturally Autistic ANCA Radio Talk Show Host "Autistic People, People First"

Scott is a 38 year old husband & father of two teenage daughters. He has Aspergers Syndrome.

A published artist, poet and an aspiring author – his book is near completion (to be published 2011). Currently Scott works for organizations supporting autistic individuals and their families. He is Naturally Autistic ANCA Radio Talk Show Host for “Autistic People, People First”, writer for the Naturally Autistic International monthly online newsletter and continues to produce his amazing artwork for KindTree.org (AutismRocks) – an organization supporting autistic artists internationally since 1997 amongst many community events.

http://globalautists.blogspot.com/

Scott has a variety of gifts, talents and strength from drawing, painting, writing, poetry, advocacy, visual graphic design, photography and video-graphy to name a few. You can learn more about Scott by visiting his website http://www.AmericanAutists.com

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Robert Delaney biography

Robert Delaney, Editor – Naturally Autistic magazine & contributing editor for Naturally Autistic International online newsletter