Tag Archives: neurotypical
Women Who Think Like Me!
Anyone seen the film production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’? The actor Topol leads, playing Tevye, the patriarch – known as Papa – of a Jewish family living through the Pogroms in Russia during the reign of Tsar Nicolas II. It is a musical, with a truly beautiful score. It’s also a warm and colourful […]
Notes on the Neuro
So far my posts have tended towards revelatory extreme, as I have been processing what it means to find Asperger’s Syndrome playing a much larger part in my life than I ever imagined it could. In the physical world a small number of close and significant people have also read the posts and some have […]
Reflecting on empathy
Responding to a Film by someone Autistic Monday 22nd October 2012 OK, another outpouring: I’ve just seen this short film for the second time; it’s called ‘In My Language’, by a woman who is autistic and does not speak. Her name is Amanda Baggs and she uses the pseudonym ‘silentmiaow‘ for Youtube Posts, here is […]
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