The Aspire Project (Aspergers communication): Ben Lambert at TEDxLaunceston

Ben is a freelance illustrator and designer based in Hobart. As a child, Ben received a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome. Looking back as a young adult, he feels that the needs of high-functioning adolescents are neglected, as they tend to be grouped with younger and less well-functioning students or given no support at all.

Ben believes in the transformative power of stories and art, and for a student work,
created a hybrid comic and learning resource drawing on his own experiences to address this problem.

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