tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post5199691674919215911..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: Ari Ne'eman Interview with Madness RadioAmanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-84706552218449240572009-10-29T07:30:57.742-04:002009-10-29T07:30:57.742-04:00They probably wouldn't give me names (right?) ...They probably wouldn't give me names (right?) but I'm sure they would be willing to send out an email to all the students who are registered as disabled, and I might find people that way. It's too bad, I won't be back until next term and there's a kid who might have helped me who is doing his last term of college now.<br /><br />Maybe I'm stereotyping but I tend to think that verbal people don't get diagnosed with ASD much in the middle of nowhere in Ohio. Not many of the nonverbal people I know have communication devices either. So I don't really know how we would find people, although it would be nice.<br /><br />I guess I will email the head of disability services at my school and ask her, though. It would be nice to have found people already by the time I get back.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-59485095903717172092009-10-28T23:54:37.117-04:002009-10-28T23:54:37.117-04:00I'll keep you in mind if an opportunity for gr...I'll keep you in mind if an opportunity for greater writing exposure comes to my attention. I'll try and stop by your blog more often, and if there are any future posts in particular that you would like to highlight, send me an e-mail and I'd be glad to take a look.<br /><br />Stop by the Disability Services office at your school and see if they might be willing to connect you with other students on the spectrum at Oberlin, should they be willing. Also, you may want to see if you can reach out to folks nearby but who aren't students. Our Ohio State chapter has pursued a similar strategy. If the interest is there, we can provide technical assistance.<br /><br />My pleasure. As I said, I'll try and swing by this blog again in the future.Ari Ne'emanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994339439474211203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-43416575061392049322009-10-28T20:44:30.069-04:002009-10-28T20:44:30.069-04:00Are you serious? People actually threaten Ari'...Are you serious? People actually threaten Ari's life? Amazing. How can people be so evil?Sister Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432195165253830939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-72565295925190768712009-10-28T19:38:55.503-04:002009-10-28T19:38:55.503-04:00See, this is why I shouldn't write about peopl...See, this is why I shouldn't write about people on the Internet. I know it's not your fault that you have to be sound-bite-ish and I was just trying to explain who you are to my friend and I found all these people on the Internet saying they want to kill you. You're a brave person.<br /><br />I don't know what "writing for a broader audience" means. I don't know where I would put my writing that would make more people read it. I'm really glad that you like it, though. I go to Oberlin so I'm about an hour from Cleveland and not very near the Ohio ASAN chapters, I don't think. It would be nice to start an ASAN at my school, but we only have 3000 students so I don't know if we even have enough ASD people.<br /><br />Thank you so much for commenting.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-26477239938469256142009-10-28T17:21:44.514-04:002009-10-28T17:21:44.514-04:00Thanks, Amanda. I'll make sure to keep that in...Thanks, Amanda. I'll make sure to keep that in mind. :) It isn't often that I have the opportunity to participate in interviews like the Madness Radio one. DC, where much of my work is now, is so driven by soundbites and by the mass media that it makes it difficult to communicate the broader context of a message. Still, I enjoy the opportunity to do more in depth discussions when I can, particularly when they occur in contexts that are already familiar with disability rights and advocacy. They may reach a smaller audience, but I think the message travels with more fidelity.<br /><br />I really like your blog. I particularly enjoyed your piece on behaviorism and spoon theory and your "I'm a fake person" blog post. I've found myself thinking very similar things about how I operate to how you describe spoon theory - I usually refer to it as "bandwidth" or cycles, for more of a computer analogy, but I think it is the same idea. You should consider writing for a broader audience. I think you have a lot of good things to say. <br /><br />Where are you in Ohio? Are you in touch with our Ohio State/Central Ohio ASAN chapter yet?Ari Ne'emanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994339439474211203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-59742887672651649572009-10-28T13:08:05.031-04:002009-10-28T13:08:05.031-04:00yeah, that was really good! I hope Ari Ne'eman...yeah, that was really good! I hope Ari Ne'eman uses that in interviews in the future because it's such a good response to the stupid strawman that you have to either do really fucked up treatment, or no treatment.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-58578241433939792002009-10-28T12:17:39.658-04:002009-10-28T12:17:39.658-04:00I like how the interviewer pointed out that behavi...I like how the interviewer pointed out that behavior therepy to teach a "second language" could be used to help a person gain access to another culture or it could be used to denegrade and eliminate their "first language."Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06001020811877167957noreply@blogger.com