tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post8016214439387409128..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: Accidental Happiness DayAmanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-77296024403716858822011-10-04T14:39:55.590-04:002011-10-04T14:39:55.590-04:00Oh, so I should say this, and hope that it's a...Oh, so I should say this, and hope that it's a compliment. It's because of you and Ari and Zoe and your comments on the TPGA blog postings and your blog postings here that I am a lot more aware of this sort of attitude.<br /><br />My daughter's kindergarten teacher loaned me a book written by Dr. Kenneth Bock. He's a DAN doctor, and I really don't know much about DAN, or him, or his approach, so I started to read it, wondering what his methods might be, and why my daughter's kindergarten teacher liked it so much.<br /><br />One of the first chapters was him talking about the kids and parents. . . and then (and I'm paraphrasing here) he said something that I had to reread like three times to get a handle on.<br /><br />Essentially he said, that Patient X was having a really hard time communicating, that it must have been frustrating and hard and painful and then he said (and this is the part that I had to reread) that the only thing harder than what Patient X was going through was what Patient X's parents were going through as he struggled. And i thought. . . "huh?" and then I thought, "what his PARENTS were going through was HARDER??"<br /><br />It irritated and frustrated me, and then made me think about things that you and Zoe and Ari have been saying all along about how prevalent that is. . . and I've just not really noticed it.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-90783005679318881312010-05-01T19:11:57.636-04:002010-05-01T19:11:57.636-04:00I mean, I think he does standard body language whe...I mean, I think he does standard body language when he's in that kind of situation. It's hard to tell in a video though because the camera is just on people's faces so you can't see where they're looking.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-79959564663140354442010-05-01T17:57:40.631-04:002010-05-01T17:57:40.631-04:00Yay your comment got posted! I didn't think it...Yay your comment got posted! I didn't think it was that rambly.<br /><br />Aggh this is making me really sad that the video is not up yet! I am really excited to see someone acting all nonstandard-body-language-like and simultaneously being taken seriously in a policymaking/advocacy sort of setting thing. That last sentence was really confusing to type out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-26547349459373771252010-05-01T16:46:32.956-04:002010-05-01T16:46:32.956-04:00(And I liked your comment on the offering help pos...(And I liked your comment on the offering help post. I posted another comment that was rambly and not as diplomatic as yours and I'm not sure it will get posted.)Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-9167631016029881732010-05-01T16:45:33.757-04:002010-05-01T16:45:33.757-04:00Um
I think trying to be relevant is gross.
I mean,...Um<br />I think trying to be relevant is gross.<br />I mean, it's none of my business whether FWD/Forward cares about people being relevant. And they're a big group blog so it's probably more important that people be on topic there. But I'm not and I don't care. And I think you have the right to approach people about it if you want to (I wouldn't because I'm a weenie and prefer to opt out of anything mildly difficult, but I generally think people should try not to be like me).<br /><br />The IACC video is the best video in the world, Ari looks like a giraffe in it because he keeps leaning his head back whenever he's thinking of something to say. That isn't my whole reason for liking it but it is like 20%.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-62649834346127914442010-05-01T16:40:09.956-04:002010-05-01T16:40:09.956-04:00Oh I so want to see that! I'll be looking for ...Oh I so want to see that! I'll be looking for the video.<br /><br />I love that google search! So much. You should also know that when I googled Benjamin McLatchie a few days ago your post about him was one of the first links that showed up. <br /><br />Today, Blogging Against Disablism Day, is the day that I am cowering in the library bemoaning the inaccessability of Vassar College's Founder's Day, a day on which basically everyone gets drunk and the campus is a giant boombox. Today when I woke up in my room I got hit by blasting music from the people above me and screaming from the field outside. I know that the whole setup of this day is built around neurotypical people to my exclusion, but I don't know whether I have the right to ask them to make changes? After all there are a gazillion people that go here and I am only one of them.<br /><br />Oh dear. Is this a good relevant comment to leave here? I remember when you said you were getting comments not posted on FWD because they weren't quite relevant. Maybe I'm using your posts to whine about ASD stuff in my life. Is this disrespectful?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com