Autistics Speaking Day (1 November)

[Ross Clark]

That is, not "austistics speaking" as a phenomenon that might be studied
by a linguist, or (God Forbid) "Talk Like an Autistic Day",
but rather autistics speaking to the rest of us, telling us about
themselves.

The Day was established by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2010.
Crystal quotes at length from this site:

https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/about-autism/

One point made clearly is that there probably isn't any such single
"autistic speaking" that a linguistic could study, since autistic people
have a huge range and variety of communicative economies and resources.

[Aidan Kehoe]

That is, not "austistics speaking" as a phenomenon that might be studied by a
linguist, or (God Forbid) "Talk Like an Autistic Day",
but rather autistics speaking to the rest of us, telling us about themselves.
The Day was established by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2010.
https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/about-autism/
One point made clearly is that there probably isn't any such single "autistic
speaking" that a linguistic could study, since autistic people have a huge
range and variety of communicative economies and resources.

There are commonalities to the extreme end of autistic spectrum disorders, and
it is worth study, since better communication would improve quality of life for
many of these people substantially.

[HenHanna]

Post by Ross Clark
That is, not "austistics speaking" as a phenomenon that might be

studied by a

Post by Ross Clark
linguist, or (God Forbid) "Talk Like an Autistic Day",
but rather autistics speaking to the rest of us, telling us about

themselves.

Post by Ross Clark
The Day was established by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in

2010.

Post by Ross Clark
https://autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/about-autism/
One point made clearly is that there probably isn't any such single

"autistic

Post by Ross Clark
speaking" that a linguistic could study, since autistic people have a

huge

Post by Ross Clark
range and variety of communicative economies and resources.

There are commonalities to the extreme end of autistic spectrum disorders, and
it is worth study, since better communication would improve quality of life for
many of these people substantially.

one common type of HFA... high-functioning types...
they can't do small talk...

and just ask blunt and direct questions. (like Spock)


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a few months ago, i saw a clip of a young man
with a condition of blurting out (loudly) inappropriate things.

mostly profanities.

it was a long clip... in whch the man attended
a (monthly?) support group meeting.