Saturday, January 3, 2009

Fabulous story about a woman's special interests that have resulted in a very cool career for her!

Store Owner Manages Despite Mild Form of Autism

It takes patience to have a conversation with businesswoman Gabrielle Lopez. She talks a mile a minute, rarely makes eye contact and frequently goes off on tangents.These tendencies might inhibit a person in sales, but despite living with Asperger's Syndrome and attention deficit disorder, Gabrielle is determined to make a success of Bad Girl Designs, the downtown boutique where she sells vintage clothes and pop culture-inspired accessories she makes, herself..........

http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/651877.html
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    inspiring article Shana!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2009 at 6:18 AM

    Isn't it? I wrote the author of the article to tell her how thrilled I was to see the story - I wish there were opportunities for more stories such as these to be read by families and individuals with ASDs - a forum for sharing and celebrating success and growth. Too often we focus solely on what's wrong and what's not going well...

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