Comments on: Autism Demonized

By: Felicia

Felicia — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:49:51 +0000

Amanda,Just wanted to say hello…I met you a couple of years ago at the Autcom Conference. I came up and spoke to you after your presentation. I was really excited when i heard you had a video on youtube. I often show it to people who don’t know anything about people that have autism.Take care.
Felicia

By: ballastexistenz

ballastexistenz — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:09:25 +0000

Autism was first described as autism several generations ago, and was clearly described as other things generations before that. Given that I've known autistic people from generations that are mostly dead now, the things you are saying are hardly common sense.

By: Jaime Marcus

Jaime Marcus — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:40:20 +0000

Common sense and an observation of history should tell you that 1) Nothing like so-called autism existed a generation ago; 2) something like this does not just appear out of nowhere; it has been facilitated by outside factors and introduced via some sort of injection; 3) it’s about power and control. Learn from history. Everyone thought the poor souls who tried to warn others about Hitler were shouting lunatics. To those who have their heads in the sand, I say, uncover your brain and start looking around.

By: ballastexistenz

ballastexistenz — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:04:45 +0000

Oh by the way wolly got your last comment and I do remember you. Muskie said you may have written to her but that her email box is a nightmare as usual.

By: mcewen

mcewen — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:48:09 +0000

Blue……I can take it or leave it. Grey…….shades of…..perfect
Best wishes

By: wolly

wolly — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:54:00 +0000

I bookmarked the site for later reading. I sent you an email via autistics.org. According to Rosie O’Donnell’s blog, she/The View is interested in doing a full one-hour show on autism. This breaks format; typically they do an hour of “hot topics” then celebrity interviews and cooking etc. Today they did a full hour on adoption, so they are going in depth with this. I wonder if it might be useful to contact Rosie at her blog (at the obvious http://www.rosie.com)to suggest relevant topics and guests. Alternatively, maybe contact the View producers directly. I thought about sending a note to her via the blog with a link to gettingthetruthout.org

Just wondering what your thoughts are on whether this might be a true opportunity to get some truth out.

By: ballastexistenz

ballastexistenz — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:46:17 +0000

I didn’t intend the colors to be nazi-flavored, but I did think the theme was appropriate in some odd way.

By: n.

n. — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:42:01 +0000

i will read more of actual text when my brain is clear, but i like the look you have chosen for the new home of the “autism demonized” blog: melancholy with nazi-flavored colors, which fits the dehumanization problem perfectly. i also like that it will have a variety of authors, which is confusing but useful.