Comments on: Empty Mirrors and Redwoods https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/empty-mirrors-and-redwoods/ Sun, 19 Feb 2017 19:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Education of Autistic Children, 1975-1990 | that Bloody Cat https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/empty-mirrors-and-redwoods/#comment-30224 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 19:25:28 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/?p=1614#comment-30224 […] https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/empty-mirrors-and-redwoods/. […]

]]> By: Autistic Representation and Real-Life Consequences: An In-Depth Look https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/empty-mirrors-and-redwoods/#comment-29066 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:11:35 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/?p=1614#comment-29066 […] adults? When disabled kids never see adults with similar disabilities, they may assume that their only options are to become nondisabled (which may be impossible), or to be institutionalized.  People can become extremely distressed when they figure out they won’t be cured and see no […]

]]> By: Mel Baggs https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/empty-mirrors-and-redwoods/#comment-25775 Tue, 13 May 2014 16:13:35 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/?p=1614#comment-25775 In reply to terry holden.

I’m definitely not a shaman. I’m just someone who doesn’t experience the ‘inanimate’ world as dead. There’s a lot of us out there, especially among certain kinds of autistic people.

‘Shamans’ and ‘vision quests’ are things that belong to cultures I’m not a part of, and that I’d feel extremely uncomfortable claiming any relationship to.

]]> By: terry holden https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/empty-mirrors-and-redwoods/#comment-25773 Tue, 13 May 2014 14:35:11 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/?p=1614#comment-25773 I am struck with your authenticity here. You speak as if you are walking in my own mind…my first impression of your opening words was: you are a shaman. These are like vision quest discovery; but you have a gift of articulation for the essential minutia. I bow down to your strength and talent and wish for you to bring us more. carry on, carry on, carry on. with love, t.

]]> By: autisticook https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/empty-mirrors-and-redwoods/#comment-25772 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:04:26 +0000 http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/?p=1614#comment-25772 This is so full of truths and awesome words. I love all of it. Thank you so much for writing this.

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