Living with autism in a world made for others - CNN.com

[Guest guest]

This was AMAZING.

The video is just incredible. Profound is an understatement.

love,

yuka

(excerpt)

Baggs is a 26-year-old woman with autism. I've been corresponding with

her for weeks via e-mail. I've read her Web site, and from her I've learned a

great deal about living with autism.

A video she posted recently on the Internet describes how she experiences the

world. " My language is not about designing words or even visual symbols for

people to interpret, " she says in the video. " It is about being in a constant

conversation with every aspect of my environment. "

Admittedly, it's hard to recognize her in real life, after meeting her online

persona first. I awkwardly carry on a one-sided conversation, until she grunts.

My attention shifts to her computer slowly booting up. She clicks on a program.

A keyboard diagram fills the screen. She begins to type at a staccato pace. We

begin a conversation. I talk. She types.

This is the I've come to know over the past few weeks. She's highly

intelligent, well read and has a great sense of humor. She never makes eye

contact, but there is no doubt she is interacting with me.

is part of a new generation of adults with autism.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/21/autism.amanda/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/

read the entry for Wednesday February 21st and please check out the video link

in either the cnn article or the entry or here is the youtube

link

here is her website

http://amanda.autistics.org/

[Guest guest]

WOWWOW!! It is addictive--following one link to the next!!!

pam

Living with autism in a world made for others - CNN.com

This was AMAZING.

The video is just incredible. Profound is an understatement.

love,

yuka

(excerpt)

Baggs is a 26-year-old woman with autism. I've been corresponding with

her for weeks via e-mail. I've read her Web site, and from her I've learned a

great deal about living with autism.

A video she posted recently on the Internet describes how she experiences the

world. " My language is not about designing words or even visual symbols for

people to interpret, " she says in the video. " It is about being in a constant

conversation with every aspect of my environment. "

Admittedly, it's hard to recognize her in real life, after meeting her online

persona first. I awkwardly carry on a one-sided conversation, until she grunts.

My attention shifts to her computer slowly booting up. She clicks on a program.

A keyboard diagram fills the screen. She begins to type at a staccato pace. We

begin a conversation. I talk. She types.

This is the I've come to know over the past few weeks. She's highly

intelligent, well read and has a great sense of humor. She never makes eye

contact, but there is no doubt she is interacting with me.

is part of a new generation of adults with autism.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/21/autism.amanda/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/

read the entry for Wednesday February 21st and please check out the video link

in either the cnn article or the entry or here is the youtube

link

here is her website

http://amanda.autistics.org/