Please join the Comox Valley Child Development Association (CVCDA) as we present AspieComic, Micheal McCreary for his presentation of "Does This Make my Asperger’s Look Big?".
=0D=0A=Friday, April 26, 2019 at 7pm (doors at 6:30pm)
=0D=0A=Stan Hagen Theatre (North Island College, 2300 Ryan Road, Google Map)
=0D=0A=TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 1st
=0D=0A=$20 (plus service fees)
=0D=0A= =0D=0A=In Person: CVCDA Reception (237 3rd Street, downtown Courtenay, cash, credit, debit)
=0D=0A=Tickets will also be available at the door starting at 6:30pm, while quantities last. For more information please call: (250) 338-4288. All proceeds go to the Comox Valley Child Development Association (CVCDA.CA).
=0D=0A=ABOUT MICHAEL Twenty-two year old Michael McCreary was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at the age of five. At age 13, in an act of self-preservation combined with the desire for constant attention and the inability to stop talking, he began stand-up comedy.
=0D=0A=In the past 5 years he has performed stand-up shows, keynote addresses and panel presentations in every province in Canada and across the United States.
=0D=0A=Michael has also:
=0D=0A=• Written the book “Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic” (Annick Press, released March, 2019)
=0D=0A=• hosted videos explaining autism;
=0D=0A=• delivered a TEDx Talk;
=0D=0A=• done a cross Canada tour hitting every province performing shows and interviewing families to find the positive ways people are dealing with life on the spectrum.
=0D=0A=• And he consulted on the TV show “Ransom” to insure the authenticity of a character with autism.
=0D=0A=• You may have seen him on The National or you may have heard him on CBC Radio’s “Laugh Out Loud”.
=0D=0A=The young comic, a high school grad from Orangeville, Ontario, was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at the age of five. In an act of self-preservation, combined with the desire for constant attention and the inability to stop talking, stand-up comedy seemed inevitable.
=0D=0A=Michael combined his love of comedy and his obsession with Hollywood movies and trained under David Granirer, founder of Stand Up for Mental Health, to create his act ”Does This Make My Asperger’s Look Big?” Over the past 7 years Michael has performed at conferences, galas, universities, bars and church basements across Canada and the United States. See the world through his eyes as he takes you on a comical journey through the lighter side of Asperger’s Syndrome.
=0D=0A=Learn More about Michael at https://www.aspiecomic.com
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