Valerie used to write articles for Woman’s World Magazine. She was always interested in writing about people (mostly about children's issues) who were different and needed help, or at least help them in raising awareness about their lives and conditions. Val would get up early in the morning before the sun was up and write these stories on her old word processor that she had set up in her kitchen. She would keep clippings of articles she came across and send them to Woman's World Magazine. She felt very strongly about telling their stories.
Feb. 1, 1996
TO: Woman’s World
RE: Story Idea
Asperger’s Syndrome is a developmental disorder which falls into the autism spectrum. According to the Asperger’s Syndrome Support Network, the typical person with this disorder ‘is a loner’ who never fits in because of eccentric behavior, peculiar ways of speaking and a lack of social skills.
I am attaching a copy of an article that mentions a married couple with the disorder. I think Mary Newport may have an interesting story to tell about living on the fringes of the world we all take for granted and what makes her marriage different(or similar) to the average Woman’s World reader.
Please let me know if you’re as interested in reading Mary’s story as I am in writing it.
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