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Comment on Legends in Our Own Minds by Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:37:43 +0000

I’m trying to get in touch with Tetsuya Sellers!

Comment on Autism Acceptance for Autism Awareness Month by Autism Acceptance for Autism Awareness Month | Neurodiversity | tumblr backups

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:15:31 +0000

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Comment on Color (a modest plea) by Candice Daoud

Candice Daoud — Sat, 11 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Visceral, intelligent and powerful. I can very much relate to this poem.

Comment on New Thread (If Not Us, Then Who?) by RichardPJ

RichardPJ — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:48:17 +0000

This is such and interesting end to my day. More people not understanding anything about anything. I suggest testing your luck as your opinions are questionable.

Comment on The Eternal Song, Part Twelve: Priestess by Gretchen

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Comment on Children of Lilith (autism contemplated from a silent and considerable height) by Mark Stairwalt

Mark Stairwalt — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:57:06 +0000

You’re welcome, Trish. Your language reminds me of Lorca’s essay on the duende, in which he compares and contrasts muse, angel, and duende. I think there’s an essay yet to be written about the intense world theory of autism and Lorca’s duende.

I also think the diagnosis of autistics as possessing “weak central coherence” may be symptomatic of a monotheist view of an autistic/polytheistic psychology, one characterized by, as you say, “stronger connection[s] with” a whole pantheon of Invisibles, the muse among them.

Comment on Children of Lilith (autism contemplated from a silent and considerable height) by Trish

Trish — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:17:51 +0000

thank you for writing this. it’s comforting. I have thought that maybe people with autism, bi-polar, add (more than adhd), etc have a stronger connection with “the muse” rather than with “god”. If God is The Creator, then what or who inspired the creations? The Muse. A creation seems to have limitations (time, space, color…), but an inspiration is more like ethereal patterns of chaos that wrap around an through creation. It’s like gazing into someone’s eye and seeing beyond the color and shape in front of you.
just a thought

Comment on Non-speaking, “low-functioning” by grandma

grandma — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:45:02 +0000

I am going to write an article about what might be going on in my grandson’s mind as determined by how I see him act and react. Any help or insight is very helpful. I am considered “normal”? Hmmmm…what is that? I agree with Amy, we are simply different with different experiences and abilities. I so enjoy the time I spend with my special young grandson. All my children and grandchildren are special, all different, all unique. I love them so much! I hate labels, I think they are so restrictive.

Comment on Non-speaking, “low-functioning” by Sinead

Sinead — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:16:22 +0000

Thank you so much for this post, I ma the mother of an 11 year old non verbal son and I know that he has a rich, inner life but it is hard to bridge the gap between our world and his. Your writing makes a BIG difference and encourages all of is NTs to have a bit of empathy and see it from the other side!

Comment on The Obsessive Joy of Autism by I’ve Just Seen A Face | Traveling Monkeys

I’ve Just Seen A Face | Traveling Monkeys — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:30:47 +0000

[...] senses so intensely that she is able to experience happiness on a plane that I can only imagine? I believed that before I knew for sure that it was true; I see her taking joy in things that escape my notice entirely. A sweater that I think of as simply [...]

Comment on Non-speaking, “low-functioning” by dennis

dennis — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:28:25 +0000

Firstly, understand that the ‘NTs’ in question are gaining Social Dominance by labeling negatively those they regard as lesser beings. This is a standard tactic of bullies – and like most bullies, these people understand perfectly what they are doing – even if much of their behavior originates in the subconscious and is fueled by Instinct.
That is how social dominance drive plays out.
Secondly, it is ‘obvious’ to MOST NTs that anyone who does not “display” adequate quantities of the correct instinctual functioning is NOT human – and that regardless of the capacity for ‘speech’ (talking with the fingers IS speech; I Need to write out what needs saying in many situations).
Not-human status

Comment on Disabilism and the Demonization of Autistic Children by A MEMORIAL SERVICE: REMEMBERING LIVES TAKEN (Interpreted) | DeafTimes

A MEMORIAL SERVICE: REMEMBERING LIVES TAKEN (Interpreted) | DeafTimes — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:19:11 +0000

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Comment on The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Brittani

Brittani — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:23:32 +0000

I am 20 and I have Asperger’s Syndrome. I am high functioning in most areas, due to being supressed as a young child, but I still have obsessions, like My Little Pony and the Xanth book series by Piers Anthony.

My main joy is in my instincts. I grew up surrounded by nature, and when I go into the forest, I’m just another one of its creatures. I react very instinctively to any stimuli, including the few times I’ve let out a battle roar when something scares me. I feel happiness in the simplicity of just BEING. I’m very intelligent, and my brain never stops working even when I have nothing to do or think about, but when I’m in nature, all that goes away, and I’m just me. I don’t have to think or feel or do anything except just BE.

I hadn’t thought of it as a tic before, but my happy tic is a backwards squeal (inhaling instead of exhaling), and it makes me even happier when I’m elated, if that’s even possible. It makes my stomach leap and my heart race, and everything seem lighter and brighter. This article does describe how I feel when I’m onto my latest obsession. People used to think I was a know-it-all, when really I was just so happy to have something so amazing to be happy about, that I wanted to share a bit of that joy, like a kid sharing their food or toys.

Comment on The Obsessive Joy of Autism by Phil Schwarz

Phil Schwarz — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:52:49 +0000

Yes. This.
The central idea so needed to be described in ways recognizable and resonant with folks on the spectrum, and in ways understandable by many many more not on the spectrum.
And you’ve done that. Beautifully. Eloquently.
This essay is one for the ages, one that belongs in the same must-read-must-see category IMHO as Jim Sinclair’s “Don’t Mourn For Us” and Amanda Baggs’s “In My Language”.
Deiner Zauber bindet wieder was die Mode streng geteilt.
Yasher koach.

Comment on When Is a Disability Not a Disability? Autism Speaks Has the Answer by Laurentius Rex

Laurentius Rex — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:46:27 +0000

And what makes it even more galling, is never mind the social prominence of people like Geri Dawson and the fact that they probably have higher paper IQ’s than I do, still they do not understand “the order of things” and would not even know why I put that in quotation marks.

Comment on When Is a Disability Not a Disability? Autism Speaks Has the Answer by Laurentius Rex

Laurentius Rex — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:42:58 +0000

I do not think scientist though she claims to be, that Geri Dawson has much understanding of language at all. It takes a person who is impaired in conventional language to really deconstruct and see the absurdities and logical gaps in those kind of statements.

Of course Wittgenstein was just such a neurodiverse person

Comment on Can One Assign the Wrong Intentions to Triangles? by mosaicofminds

mosaicofminds — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:33:15 +0000

I have little patience for Theory of Mind theories about autism. However, just thought I’d provide a little more background about why these researchers used animated shapes in this way.

One common method for studying our mental wiring is studying “brain bugs”–the sort of misperceptions people make. Vision scientists study visual illusions because they reveal something about how we see. “Brain bugs” are brain functions that are normally helpful, but in certain situations give us information that is untrue and counterproductive. In addition to visual illusions, these include certain common logical fallacies and reasoning errors. Attributing intentions to shapes, which don’t actually have them, is a “brain bug” that NTs have but autistics don’t. Given the tradition of using brain bugs to back-infer function in NTs, it’s natural for researchers to assume that NTs have the function revealed by the brain bug and autistics don’t.

The researchers then jump to conclusions about what that function actually is. All we know is that NTs automatically associate certain patterns of movement with certain intentional behaviors, even when looking at things without intentions, like shapes. We don’t know how they do this, what sorts of intentional behavior they do and don’t infer, whether all NTs make the exact same inference as the researchers, or what if anything this has to do with real-world social behavior. An unbiased researcher would explore further, but these guys are just using it as an opening to justify the old SBC “extreme mail brain” story. Disappointing.

Comment on Why a True Introvert Will Never Change by autisticneuroscientist (don't want to tell my real name)

autisticneuroscientist (don't want to tell my real name) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:06:27 +0000

I don’t want to be not introverted. I just wish I could express myself better. But this does not mean I would like to be extraverted. Because I don’t enjoy extraverted activities.

Comment on Non-speaking, “low-functioning” by 10 things to remember when writing about autism science | Scientopia Guests' Blog

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:57:24 +0000

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Comment on Is misandry relevant to autism? by LaustCawz

LaustCawz — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:28:15 +0000

Warren–

your comments are certainly true enough
& these sentiments are gaining prominence on the web–

suggest you Google voice for men,
national organization for men,
search for misandry on youtube…

all of those, however, are quite direct
in their focus on men, men’s issues & masculinity.

The autism/Asperger’s thing is much subtler
& more ambiguous.

Go to my website–www.laustcawz.biz

Click on “Trivial Rantings & Ravings
Of An Independent Mind”

…& navigate to “I’m O.K., You’re Autistic”.

There, you can read my own conclusions.