Comments on: Yep we do have nonverbal communication. https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Differences (moving past a deficit-based model of Autism) | Neurodiversity https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19086 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:49:34 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19086 […] factor has to do with different communicative styles, which Amanda has touched on wonderfully in Yep we do have nonverbal communication, elaborating further on Dialects of nonverbal language, and also picking up a double standard here. […]

]]> By: Differences « Room 36 https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19085 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:03:13 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19085 […] factor has to do with different communicative styles, which Amanda has touched on wonderfully in Yep we do have nonverbal communication, elaborating further on Dialects of nonverbal language, and also picking up a double standard here […]

]]> By: MysteryMoose https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19084 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:11:06 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19084 So many people miss out on whats in front of them with disabilities, I guess.

They’re both so cute! That video made my day!

]]> By: Steph https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19083 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:00:21 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19083 Thank you so much for your website/blog. You have given more comfort and hope to me than I can ever express. I am the mother of a six year old autistic boy. He is sweet, hilarious and so very, very bright.

Although he is verbal, he still has difficulty with communication and it worries me because I can’t always understand him. This makes me feel like I am failing him as a mother. Your blog makes me realize that communication on an understandable level is possible. Again, thank you so much for that.

Ballastexistenz, although you have difficulty with verbal communication, your writing is so eloquent. I just hope you know what a great gift you are giving to the world by sharing your experiences. I am certain I will be following your blog for many years to come and from the bottom of my heart, thank you!

]]> By: Rachel https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19082 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:45:34 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19082 As a mom of two boys on the spectrum (4.5 yrs and 2 yrs. old), I can see joy in the faces of these boys. My heart is moved when I see them responding to each other, those who love them, and their surroundings. I was wondering if you knew, when you were little and older, that people loved you. I love my sons so much and I wonder if they know it. My youngest snuggles with me and makes murmurs. I just want them to know how much I love them.

Thank you for sharing your language with us. Thank you for learning our language so that people like me can know more about your language and you as a person. We are all blessed by what you’ve offered.

]]> By: bronstin https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19081 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:47:54 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19081 hello!
i think you’re site is amazing.
thank you SO much for taking time to do all of this for different people to see and help understand.
i have a question, when you are first meeting people, what are things they say and do to help you trust them and get to know them?
there’s a girl from my church who is autistic. and i really want to try to get to know her when i see her, i want her to be able to trust me and know i’m not there to label her.
thank you, so much!

]]> By: Brooklyn Masters https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19080 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:55:30 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19080 There are many many stereotypes around the globe that do not fit any one group in a complete sense. It’s just a comfortable thing it seems all humans have in common; categorizations, classifications, similarities, differences, defining boundaries or limits. I believe if we could all just be open to individuality within each classification upon classification we ultimately will find comfort in similarity and accepting of individuality. That’s my idealistic opinion on the matter.

]]> By: Axinar https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19079 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:56:12 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19079 Well, I guess it’s not so much sometimes the awareness of non-verbal cues but the reaction TO those non-verbal cues …

]]> By: bullet https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19078 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:04:39 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19078 With everyday stuff, I have to be honest and say I miss a lot of non verbal clues, I am pretty hopeless at “reading between the lines” if someone is talking to me, I don’t get subtle hints and I never think to look out for postures and body language, I just don’t pay attention to them. If I’m watching a film of somebody and I don’t have to concentrate on what they’re saying then I’ll pick up on a lot more body clues. So I think with myself it’s a question of I can listen, but not pay attention visually, or I can pay attention visually, but not listen, at the same time.
But if someone is arguing or shouting in front of me, even if it has nothing to do with me I get very upset at the tension and start crying.

]]> By: n. https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/yep-we-do-have-nonverbal-communication/#comment-19077 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:05:49 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=434#comment-19077 it’s more like being good at stuff in the ways that are not commonly expected, rather than not being good at it at all.

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