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Feb25
And Now, A Word From My Daughter
8 CommentsMy daughter Ashlynne is a junior in high school. For her journalism class, she keeps a blog about events and issues of interest to her. After seeing autism in the news recently, she decided to write about the most recent and infamous Autism Speaks video. She sent me the link to her post and gave me permission to mention it on my blog. If you’d like to read her piece, you can find it here.
It’s very heartening to know that my daughter sees the issues so clearly and that she is sharing her knowledge with her peers. Way to go, Ashlynne!
© 2010 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
8 Responses to “And Now, A Word From My Daughter”
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John Dale Lyons February 25th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Nicely done! The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
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Jennifer February 25th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
I watched a few seconds of that video. It is despicable. I couldn’t bare it. People need protecting from organisations like that. We don’t need their pity. They disgust me. Good that she spoke out!
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Great post. I really liked her hot dog post too.
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Nicely done, Ashlynne!
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The hot dog post was great. My favorite is the one she wrote about the otters. Cracks me up every time I read it.
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Thanks for sharing the video. I don’t like those videos either. And I try to not watch them!
Ashlynne is such a pretty name!! -
the video would have been just fine if the makers had substituted ‘fear and ignorance’ for ‘autism’. a video of an autistic child having a family stand up for him against fear and ignorance would have been great.
standing up against the ‘disease’ of autism, not so much. -
i seem to get utterly furious at anyone who tells me i can’t (whether autistic or not.) autism doesn’t speak is
all about the “can’t's”, it seems to me.go Ashlynne!
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At the age of 50, I awoke to my place on the autism spectrum and discovered a world of gifts, struggles, and life-changing possibilities. My latest book, The Uncharted Path: My Journey with Late-Diagnosed Autism, was published in July of 2010. My work has also appeared in Shift Journal of Alternatives: Neurodiversity and Social Change and in the Disability Rights and Neurodiversity section of the ASAN website.
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