Comments on: Some videos by other people.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:12:23 +0000

Arguably, an autistic is less “otherworldly” than a “normal” person — an autistic is very much in the world, aware of it, while a “normal” person can ignore large parts of it more easily.

By: ballastexistenz

ballastexistenz — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:13:13 +0000

I thought that was the point the kid was making — what other people call “otherworldly” is actually everyday for us, and in fact, is not in any way otherworldly.

By: Theo Bromine

Theo Bromine — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:18:23 +0000

Beautiful videos. But, I wonder about “otherworldliness”. I’m sure the use of the word was intended as a celebration of diversity, but in the back of my mind, otherworldliness has connotations of dehumanization of people who are different – not “meant to be here”. There are immense ranges of variations in *this* world. There are many different ways of being human, and none of them are otherworldly (until we colonize space, anyway).

By: laurentius-rex

laurentius-rex — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:11:37 +0000

Just so happens as I have just put my first video on Youtube, and my blog, and it is not about autism per se, it is about me, life, death, rebirth and where we are all going. Terra Incognita.

So there you are, Larry, the full monty.

By: bullet

bullet — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:21:45 +0000

I enjoyed watching those videos. I wish the cure organisations would look at them and realise autism is not hopeless, is not terrible and that nobody should be written off because they don’t fit to a preconceived idea of what is expected.