tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post5162062189083517988..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: w-a-t-e-r…Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-3782202840542493662013-06-06T13:07:38.810-05:002013-06-06T13:07:38.810-05:00Slightly related ... I was very moved by this post...Slightly related ... I was very moved by this post and sent it around ...<br /><br />"A young designer creates an ingenious set of cooking tools (with accompanying app) that enables her autistic brother to cook for himself."<br /><br />http://www.metropolismag.com/June-2013/Family-Recipe/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-18014063729775712352013-03-07T20:15:37.004-06:002013-03-07T20:15:37.004-06:00Soo beautiful! Soo beautiful! JDubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-24628394028539863742013-02-25T08:34:46.941-06:002013-02-25T08:34:46.941-06:00""This is a profoundly beautiful piece o...""<i>This is a profoundly beautiful piece of writing. Thank you. </i>"" -- I agree =sob= <br /><br /><br />reposting ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-49640390292279771822013-02-17T12:10:39.861-06:002013-02-17T12:10:39.861-06:00Thanks Pam. I woke up this morning feeling a bit ...Thanks Pam. I woke up this morning feeling a bit empty. Been all morning long trying to think of something to make the day worth my while. Laundry up to my @ss, the sink's full again, need to vaccuum... so what. Don't care... then I read this.<br />Hole filled. Thanks, Che.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-68016836431940377342013-02-14T03:01:46.661-06:002013-02-14T03:01:46.661-06:00This is a profoundly beautiful piece of writing. ...This is a profoundly beautiful piece of writing. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-19356576578936059182013-02-12T12:19:32.376-06:002013-02-12T12:19:32.376-06:00Oh, sweet Brother Bill. You put a teary smile on ...Oh, sweet Brother Bill. You put a teary smile on my face, every time.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947320694180150666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-43976056693234931722013-02-10T19:17:53.988-06:002013-02-10T19:17:53.988-06:00The area I teach in has an above average rate of a...The area I teach in has an above average rate of autism. <br /><br />I will just say there are a lot of chemical plants (lot more than the normal Midwest city). And it is poor etc. etc.<br /><br />Anyways, we have gotten Ipads for the teachers, which I will use with the kids in these special needs classes. Many of the kids will act uniquely different, depending which spectrum they inhabit.<br /><br />The autistic children seem to respond much more then normal; specifically when they can get tactile feedback (move something on screen get instant response, colors, sounds etc.). <br /><br />Even the severe ones... but then again, how much is me believing that more is going on then what is really happening (I don't know, but getting any forward movement is monumental, so I like to lean to the positive column).<br /><br />The most interesting thing though, is the children that have a hard time making eye contact (if at all... some are severe), will communicate with you in video chat mode. Now for some people they may not consider it communication... but a blink a focused stair a smile utterance of something close to words never spoken, well color me intrigued.<br /><br />I did see this thing (not to much long after) on TV talking how Ipads etc. have opened a door to kids who could not communicate easily with direct eye to eye or voice to voice communication.<br /><br />Now it's no "Awakening" moment per-se; but it does need to be studied, and it definitely is one more tool.<br /><br />I personally see it as something on the breakdown (in the realm of neurological) having to do with: less forced social stress, instant gratification via tactile feedback, limited and focused interaction on their choice (they can be quick to shut it down when the figure out how). <br /><br />With a 2D flat surface; some of the flight or fight parts of the brain are not activated as readily, as someone standing next to you.<br /><br />The frustrations in just normal communication are transferred into a different medium that stimulates different parts of the brain but still feed the main communication pathways (this is backed by some SPEC, fMRI and other brain analysis). <br /><br />So all these things have been seen, and have also been acknowledged more and more, and hopefully further studies with meaningful incite will happen. <br /><br /><br />I THINK the most important take away though is this... <br /><br />...it gives these individuals a little more control in their life as a functioning "social entity" (one thing that is hard to obtain sometimes) AND on their terms. <br /><br />It is "we" who have to adapt.<br /><br />So yes NEO you must bend to the Matrix now and then.macnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121875555691264235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-4995471318765372702013-02-09T21:40:00.062-06:002013-02-09T21:40:00.062-06:00Lovely<i>Lovely</i>Middle Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334580430376973159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-17410302418110755872013-02-09T11:55:26.659-06:002013-02-09T11:55:26.659-06:00Yup. Crying now too.Yup. Crying now too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502749710332468135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-59146411616353975232013-02-09T10:17:35.742-06:002013-02-09T10:17:35.742-06:00Beautiful. My eyes are suddenly leaky as well. Beautiful. My eyes are suddenly leaky as well. Jennyhttp://bringatorch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-24139102962850615042013-02-09T06:21:29.943-06:002013-02-09T06:21:29.943-06:00As someone who learned he has Asperger's Syndr...As someone who learned he has Asperger's Syndrome within the last 4 years, I more than most people can appreciate a quote from Woody Allen: "Everybody is somebody else's weirdo."<br /><br /><a href="http://beyond-politics.hubpages.com/" rel="nofollow">Beyond-The-Political-Spectrum</a>Beyond-The-Spectrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05667211181316579607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-89928582672470370162013-02-08T15:19:00.562-06:002013-02-08T15:19:00.562-06:00Alright, who forgot to dust in here last week, cau...Alright, who forgot to dust in here last week, cause it's getting all up in my eyes.Ryan Hauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251073757085129513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-48790103220404090142013-02-08T14:08:14.766-06:002013-02-08T14:08:14.766-06:00I'm glad to see I'm not the only one teary...I'm glad to see I'm not the only one teary-eyed by this moving post.DesertRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851069471469743156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-39697784711255097862013-02-08T12:33:23.118-06:002013-02-08T12:33:23.118-06:00This brought tears to my eyes.This brought tears to my eyes.Lori S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-54361447311908620542013-02-08T10:52:26.182-06:002013-02-08T10:52:26.182-06:00Touching post - I always struggle about wanting to...Touching post - I always struggle about wanting to change people and always come back to the realization that acceptance and letting go is usually the answer. It will happen if it is meant to be.Cara J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-33615419019190524012013-02-08T09:03:40.639-06:002013-02-08T09:03:40.639-06:00This made me cry. This made me cry. poojhttp://poojie.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com