Comments on: Post in anticipation of tonight’s potential deluge.

By: andreashettle

andreashettle — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:11:42 +0000

Unfortunately this is not exactly the kind of thing that anyone should have to read while she is trying to cope with multiple types of extreme pain, but I just saw this and thought I'd alert others here: Designation of UN Day could boost efforts to raise awareness about autism ... To give you a hint, it quotes "Autism Speaks Now."

By: andreashettle

andreashettle — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:14:48 +0000

This doesn't really fit here, but it felt even less appropriate to submit this under the post talking about yet more pain :-( Apparently the British National Autistic Society has created a video to help people understand autism better; more info in this article: http://www.24dash.com/health/29594.htm

By: Mike R.

Mike R. — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:42:40 +0000

Hi Amanda –
We actually met @ MIT, we were both waiting for Hockenberry and I was ultra terrified about bugging you, but you were super cool, and amazing and everything (I could have easily understood you being overwhelmed, I *was* overwhelmed). Are you still working with MIT? I’m applying to the Media Lab for grad school, and was wondering what you were doing there. Where was the final part of the cnn show – it wasnt on last night. it was also cool to see folks i know/knew of at autcom (I worked at maine’s University Affiliated Program during college and did a bunch of research/conferences on autism and FC). Would like to se the final part of the CNN thing, because it was interesting, but i find their omissions (the fact you work with MIT, etc…) VERY disappointing.

someplace on the neurodiverse spectrum (cp, anxiety issues, etc)

Mike R. (the guy who bugs hockenberry too much)

By: Mouain Rose

Mouain Rose — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:34:16 +0000

It looked like Friday’s Anderson Cooper was pre-empted by a Larry King special…I am going to watch Monday as it seems logical it may be shown then.

By: bullet

bullet — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:06:04 +0000

http://news.yahoo.com/video/2460.
You have to scroll down, there are two videos.

By: The Integral

The Integral — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:02:22 +0000

Amanda:

Getting your messages across to society is like chiseling a tunnel through solid rock…..to get out of prison (the “box” that society puts you in. You are put in many boxes……one inside another……) you’ve made measurable headway, because people are listening to and responding to your videos…..this blog…….etcetera…….and you’ve made the hole wider so that more of us can help hammer through all the boxes and stereotypes and stuff…….

Athena came up with that analogy……I think it makes some sense…….

The assertion that autistics are in their own worlds……is just so that society can justify not trying to learn more about us……how to help us become productive in whatever we want……

hope you had a good Thanksgiving. same to all reading this blog.

By: The Integral

The Integral — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:13:43 +0000

Amanda:

Yeah, I’ll say you did a great job getting yourself out of there and screaming elsewhere. It was important for that part to be seen……so that hopefully people get the message of autistic frustration over the fact that society still believes we can’t live without assistance….ever……

Hi Amanda’s Mom.

I/we’re at home now….reading this right before bed……….

have to wake up and talk/think about colleges tomorrow…….transferring next fall.

finish AA in December………w00t, 2 days after 24th birthday.

By: chaoticidealism

chaoticidealism — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:45:35 +0000

Technically, it could be called a text-to-speech translator. I suppose the transcriptionist simply didn’t know quite what to call it.

By: andreashettle

andreashettle — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:03:49 +0000

The transcript claims that Amanda spoke through a “translator” rather than the speech synthesizer thingy … but then again they warn at the top that it’s a draft transcript, so maybe they’ll fix it later?

By: chaoticidealism

chaoticidealism — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:34:27 +0000

Hey, pretty cool! It’s kind of annoying to read transcripts, though; most people don’t talk the same way they write. It’s confusing. At least the autistic people on the show are talking properly! I’d have liked a lot more information–just raw data about you and your life, about the others and their lives; about what’s alike and what’s different between them and between them and NTs; about your opinions… But then, I suppose the show was NT-targeted, and they wanted feelings and implications. Just because 1 in 150 wants data doesn’t mean the other 149 people want it, too. Unfortunately!