Wrong Planet

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Wrong Planet
Type of site
Virtual community
Available inEnglish
OwnerAlex Plank
Created byAlex Plank and Dan Grover
URLwrongplanet.net
RegistrationOptional
Launched2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Current statusActive

Wrong Planet (sometimes referred to by its URL, wrongplanet.net) is an online community for "individuals (and parents / professionals of those) with Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD, PDDs, and other neurological differences".[1] The site was started in 2004 by Dan Grover and Alex Plank[2] and includes a chatroom, a forum, and articles describing how to deal with daily issues. Wrong Planet has been referenced by the mainstream U.S. media.[3][4][5][6][7] Wrong Planet comes up in the special education curriculum of many universities in the United States. A page is dedicated to Wrong Planet and its founder in Exceptional Learners: Introduction to Special Education.[8]

  1. ^ "About Wrong Planet - Wrong Planet Wrong Planet". Wrong Planet.
  2. ^ "Autistic Acceptance, the College Campus, and Technology: Growth of Neurodiversity in Society and Academia". Disability Studies Quarterly. Fall 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  3. ^ "Creating an Asperger's Community". Washington Post. December 20, 2005. pp. HE02. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  4. ^ Szalavitz, Maia (February 27, 2007). "Gifted? Autistic? Or Just Quirky?". The Washington Post. p. HE01. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "'Autistics don't want to be cured'". Chicago Tribune. April 2, 2008. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  6. ^ Deardorff, Julie (2008-05-11). "A road to recovery?". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  7. ^ "The New Wave of Autism Rights Activists - New York Magazine". 23 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  8. ^ Hallahan, Dan (2006). Exceptional Learners: Introduction to Special Education (10th ed.). Allyn & Bacon. p. 452. ISBN 0-205-44421-0.