dogemperor (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dogemperor) wrote, |
Well put--well put :3
(And it turns out the good Mrs. Baggs isn't the only "OMG AUTISTICS CAN COMMUNICATE" person--nor are any of a number of folks. Apparently there's a very similar thing going on with fourteen-year-old kid named Carly in Toronto--she's a nonverbal autistic who does quite well in expressing herself in the written word (which is, from what I've seen, NOT uncommon with autistic people; many folks I know have commented how I must be an aspie when they've seen me write, and later heard me murder the English language in its bed because I have to literally sit and *think* how to say something). It's also been in part over the past five to ten years (where things like computer assisted communication are becoming more common) that much of autism is sensorineural hiccups, and autistic kids can be pretty damn smart despite being nonverbal and the outside world being like a big ball of fire to them sensation-wise.)
(And it turns out the good Mrs. Baggs isn't the only "OMG AUTISTICS CAN COMMUNICATE" person--nor are any of a number of folks. Apparently there's a very similar thing going on with fourteen-year-old kid named Carly in Toronto--she's a nonverbal autistic who does quite well in expressing herself in the written word (which is, from what I've seen, NOT uncommon with autistic people; many folks I know have commented how I must be an aspie when they've seen me write, and later heard me murder the English language in its bed because I have to literally sit and *think* how to say something). It's also been in part over the past five to ten years (where things like computer assisted communication are becoming more common) that much of autism is sensorineural hiccups, and autistic kids can be pretty damn smart despite being nonverbal and the outside world being like a big ball of fire to them sensation-wise.)