Miss Montana: How apps can help hack autism

As a little girl growing up in Cut Bank, a tiny town (pop: 2,900) in northern Montana, Alexis Wineman was different from everyone around her. Socially very awkward and a magnet for school’s bullies, she had no perception of time, struggled with reading, forgot things constantly and failed to organize most things in her life coherently.

Then, in 2005, when she was 11, Wineman was diagnosed with Pervasive Development Disorder, a condition that put her on the autism spectrum. Rather than a life sentence, however, Wineman’s diagnosis spurred her on to hacking her autism. She went public about her condition in high school and today the 18-year old is not only the reigning Miss Montana but also Cut Bank’s most famous woman and one of America’s leading spokespeople on autism.

By Andrew Keen, special to CNN

Full Story: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/opinion/opinion-keen-autism-wineman/index.html

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