This blog represents the research and efforts for the potential use of virtual worlds as a platform for assisting people with social disabilities such as Autism or Asperger's Syndrome.  My original blog was created as a requirement for Social Media course within the master's program of  the Professional and Technical  Communication department at New Jersey Institute of Technology.  This blog is the recreation of the original with added insight from recent information on the use of virtual worlds as a medium for social development. I also have a Flickr project associated with this blog that shows my thought process during my research for the blog.