Feb 29 2008

The Language of Autism

Posted by: Dave in Life

Here’s a piece from Wired magazine about Amanda Baggs, the person depicted in and creator of this video.

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1. Pete says:
   March 1st, 2008 at 5:14 am

   Well…um…ah….I guess thank god for you tube so we have this information. I’m just curious as to how she can communicate so well with a keyboard but does she speak? Rain man could talk.

2. Dave says:
   March 1st, 2008 at 6:43 am

   Wired interviewed her, but she typed her responses. She’s 27 but stopped talking when she was 20.

   The interview by Wired goes into all of that, and talks about another autist, Michelle Dawson, who’s especially good at scientific analysis and discourse. Check it out.

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