Role playing, as a way for Aspies to practice social skills?

http://www.aspergianisland.com/ ~ A Refuge for All Displaced
Aspergians came up on a google to chase down a site I'd heard
about. Sounds great, doesn't it, an island of our own!

What about Brigadoon? Been there yet? It's an idea, an online
community created and managed by John Lester (creator of
BrainTalk, a self-help support online community) to see what
benefits Aspies can create by practicing skills online together.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/html/current/CurrentIss
ueStory.cfm?PostID=19660 or http://tinyurl.com/7qqoe describes
Brigadoon, a virtual island for Aspies to role play, to learn social
behaviors in a safe environment.
==>...a virtual online island is helping those with Asperger's
become more comfortable communicating with each other and
to better interact in the real world. The island is "Brigadoon," the
creation of John Lester, information director for the neurology
department at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. For a
dozen years, Lester has run BrainTalk Communities, which
offers online, self-help forums, such as chat rooms and bulletin
boards, for people with neurological disorders.
==> Using technology hosted by Second Life, a unit of San
Francisco-based Linden Research Inc. that creates virtual
communities, Lester "purchased" an island and launched
Brigadoon in July 2004. "I want to give people an environment
where they can practice their socialization skills and learn more
about Asperger's, and help them help themselves," he says....
==> To learn more about Brigadoon and other online
communities, visit http://braintalk.blogs.com/brigadoon .
==> Or, send e-mail to john.e.lester@...

http://braintalk.blogs.com/brigadoon/ ~ An innovative online
community for people dealing with Asperger's and Autism.
What do you think? Can this be of use to YOU? -Zer (wondering)