Comments on: Not-so-stupid questions.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:46:59 +0000

Right on! I struggle with that too in my blog and in my questioning!

By: Vassilissa

Vassilissa — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:39:49 +0000

You’ve given me that good experience more than once, the “Oh wow, it’s not just me!” thing. Thank you.

By: Ettina

Ettina — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:55:06 +0000

Just to clarify my earlier post, I was replying to the person wondering where ‘self-narrating zoo exhibit’ came from.

By: rr

rr — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:28:20 +0000

For the past few days I have been wondering why I am almost twice your age yet you have learned faster than me to ask more questions about more things, whether dumb or not. I grew up thinking it was better not to ask and get laughed at. I am learning so much from your blogs. When you wrote about hypergraphia I was laughing thinking “This is great! She’s not going to stop writing! And me, with my hyperlexia, I’m not going to stop reading!” The questions don’t sound dumb at all; they address many aspects of my life that I am just learning I CAN address. Multiple thank yous.

By: Evonne

Evonne — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:50:39 +0000

Wow, thank you for that comment, Emma! That’s about the most refreshing sort of thing to see on this blog. It always terrifies me when I read comments like “I work with autistic children at a school” and it’s followed by a string of hateful generalities . . . but when somebody says they’ve actually *learned* something rather than presuming their limited observations are the whole picture, it’s . . . hopeful. Thank you again.

Keep it up, Amanda. :)

By: emma

emma — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:54:26 +0000

I am blown away by you blog. I stumbled across it while researching autism. I work with autistic children at a school and I have learnt more from you in 10 minutes than I have in 2 years at my job. I shall be telling everyone at work about this. You have opened my eyes to my ignorance. Keep it up, and please if I can ever be of any help whatsoever then dont hesitate to contact me. Not that i could really be of help but the offer is there.

By: Espahan

Espahan — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:53:01 +0000

Amanda, I have been coming here for several months. I have read nearly all your posts. I just want to say how much I learn each time I visit. Much of what you speak about touches so many parts of my own experience, and I find myself nodding in agreement, or wishing I could express myself so eloquently. You are a wise woman for your years. Thank you for shedding such a clear light into some of the more shaded parts of our lives. . . . those areas we sometimes fail to examine because we think the questions are insignificant. . . . but wonder about all the same.

By: Ettina

Ettina — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:43:31 +0000

I believe it was Jim Sinclair who thought that one up. He has a website at http://web.syr.edu/~jisincla/index.html

By: Brooklyn Masters

Brooklyn Masters — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:05:42 +0000

we are all outsiders of sorts. everyone of us…even so called normal folk. nobody can enter your mind and soul and truly know what your experience is like first hand.

I believe what MomtoMax said. I believ i live by it and that is what helps me to listen but often I don’t seem to be repected that way.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:53:03 +0000

I certainly don’t think of you as a zoo exhibit. Rather, you are an interesting person with whom I share some commonalities and you provide me with an interesting perspective.

(BTW, if I were to think of myself as a zoo exhibit, I’m pretty sure I’d rather be a self-narrating one than any other kind!)