User:QIM

"QIM" is the internet handle for Tom Smith. It derives from a spiritual project Tom did with autistics using Facilitated Communication FC in the early 1990s which produced a book they named "QIM/QIM Tunes". It's an acronym for "The Source I aM", with "Q" coming from the German word "quelle" meaning "Source". It's frequently used to describe the suspected source document, Q document, for the books of the New Testament.

My work on the net can be found linked below. The first two links are well established discussion groups that I own and the other two are writings on men and autism:

[http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/autismlist/?yguid=10837983 Autismlist]

[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aum/ American Union of Men]

[http://www.geocities.com/qim/masculisttrinity.htm Masculist Trinity]

[http://www.geocities.com/qim/qim_tunes.html QIM Tunes]

Bio:

Born in Tonawanda New York, attended [http://www.oneonta.edu/home/default.asp State University of New York at Oneonta] from '65-'69. My career for the next 35 years was in nursing, mental health, social work and with developmental disabilities. I'm divorced with two grown children and live in Santa Barbara Ca.