Comments on: Autism, Language, and Living in Paradox

By: Taylor Selseth

Taylor Selseth — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:55:47 +0000

You just described me perfectly.

By: M

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:21:42 +0000

i have such a hard time matching up internal reactions with verbalized, context-appropriate reactions that i usually just stay in, call it quits. it’s hard to stay motivated.

i’m basically waiting for the day when scientists will invent subtitles for real-time interactions. i can just walk around a little scroll of text will flash above my head, express all of the words i’m supposed to be able to say.

real-time subtitles. i’ll be an extrovert the days those are invented.

By: John Dale Lyons

John Dale Lyons — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:19:57 +0000

I relate to this post, especially #7. Thank you for sharing it with us.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:55:29 +0000

No problem, Melissa! Enjoy yourself here and post anytime.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:28:43 +0000

hehe, sorry I’m new, thank google. I’ve been using your Categories list to find blogs so far, haven’t read them in timely order yet!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:15:22 +0000

P.S. to Melissa: I *am* writing a book! See the following:

http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/2009/06/19/okay-so-you-talked-me-into-it/

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:12:34 +0000

Thanks, everyone, for helping me to remember that I really do help people and that I really do have a community. There is a part of me that still craves that on-site service work and face-to-face community: an old dream of success, I suppose, lodged in a part of my brain that still hasn’t registered that right now, and right here, I have what I’ve always wanted.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:47:02 +0000

4. I deeply want to help people, but being around people is often impossible.

You are. You are helping me as a parent understand my son better. He has several similiarities with you with your sensory processing issues. You are helping a mother help her son. And this mother is sharing your words with other autistic parents and professionals.

I don’t know if you can see the power you hold in your very unique position. You can describe life before and after therapy. You can describe how the therapies make you feel. I can read study after study, but you have a way of making it very real for me to understand.

This blog has been immensely helpful to me. And that’s something you can do without putting yourself through the stress of social interaction.

WRITE A BOOK!

By: Holly (fearless folks)

Holly (fearless folks) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:47:37 +0000

I think this is wonderfully written and should be passed around for the world to read.

By: April

April — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:29:57 +0000

Wow, Soph, you may have hit upon something for me. The whole knowing without knowing thing is a huge part of my life experience too. Maybe we autistics tend to read the whole person rather than the face (which so often tells a lie) and we react on a visceral level to the real signals others are giving. A thought to ponder.