Comments on: Living a Visual Life http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/ Ethics, Disability Rights, and Reports from Life on the Spectrum Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/comment-page-1/#comment-71170 Ben Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:39:37 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3889#comment-71170 despite a lifelong tendency to "work" visually, i've, sort of, adapted well to a verbal mode, out of necessity. hte issues i face come from my difficulties achieving any balance between the verbal and my own way of working and being. in short, i get excessively chatty with people, especially when i'm nervous. i've been longing to be less verbal, and more visual, for years. when i was very young, i didn't talk to anyone, but was drawing all the time. i still draw and paint, but talk far too much. overcompensating? despite a lifelong tendency to “work” visually, i’ve, sort of, adapted well to a verbal mode, out of necessity. hte issues i face come from my difficulties achieving any balance between the verbal and my own way of working and being. in short, i get excessively chatty with people, especially when i’m nervous.
i’ve been longing to be less verbal, and more visual, for years. when i was very young, i didn’t talk to anyone, but was drawing all the time. i still draw and paint, but talk far too much. overcompensating?

]]> By: Soph http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70938 Soph Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:10:13 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3889#comment-70938 I have difficulty speaking because I often conceive of entire concepts in visual form. So sometimes I go to say something, and I simply can't because there is no language for it. I have difficulty speaking because I often conceive of entire concepts in visual form. So sometimes I go to say something, and I simply can’t because there is no language for it.

]]> By: suebeedee http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70928 suebeedee Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:53:43 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3889#comment-70928 Awesome, beautifully inspiring. You are a gifted artist. Can't wait to see some of this up close and personal once I get my life in order. Happy Thanksgiving. I am so grateful for your blog. Awesome, beautifully inspiring. You are a gifted artist. Can’t wait to see some of this up close and personal once I get my life in order. Happy Thanksgiving. I am so grateful for your blog.

]]> By: Denise Junk http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70881 Denise Junk Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:32:58 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3889#comment-70881 Meant to leave a link that I would like to see all autistics check out.... http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=art_exhibit_upload I plan on sending in some of my own art and hope you will do the same and pass this on as we need to show that there are some advantages to autism . Meant to leave a link that I would like to see all autistics check out….

http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=art_exhibit_upload

I plan on sending in some of my own art and hope you will do the same and pass this on as we need to show that there are some advantages to autism .

]]> By: Denise Junk http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70880 Denise Junk Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:31:31 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3889#comment-70880 I like the things you have made and recognize both the innate hunger for texture and color and the autistic gift of seeing something in what others see as only "one thing"....they see a pile of trash as something to ignore and our brains try and see what else it could be. (Don't know if that made sense) but my brain seems to seek out shapes in wood grain, textured surfaces, ect . The reason I think this is important is that I believe the current investigation into "causes" of autism and it's "cure" has over looked what many autistic's know.....there are some advantages in the ways our brains work that are obvious deficiencies on how many NT brains work . ooops...I'm late for work...one of the disadvantages of my brain....no concept of time . I like the things you have made and recognize both the innate hunger for texture and color and the autistic gift of seeing something in what others see as only “one thing”….they see a pile of trash as something to ignore and our brains try and see what else it could be. (Don’t know if that made sense) but my brain seems to seek out shapes in wood grain, textured surfaces, ect .

The reason I think this is important is that I believe the current investigation into “causes” of autism and it’s “cure” has over looked what many autistic’s know…..there are some advantages in the ways our brains work that are obvious deficiencies on how many NT brains work .

ooops…I’m late for work…one of the disadvantages of my brain….no concept of time .

]]> By: April http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70872 April Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:55:05 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3889#comment-70872 Lovely work, Rachael! Lovely work, Rachael!

]]> By: John Dale Lyons http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/11/24/living-a-visual-life/comment-page-1/#comment-70847 John Dale Lyons Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:21:01 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3889#comment-70847 Truly amazing! Your stuff should be in a gallery. Truly amazing! Your stuff should be in a gallery.

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