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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever watch autistic YouTube channels? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020, 11:08 am
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| Mostly I watch men because the aspie women are just unbearable. I can't stand the bouncy, smiley, cutesy "look at me, isn't being an aspie cool and interesting!" But now I see men doing the fake overly expressive YouTube persona as well. Ha ha ha :) I know what you mean. I actually like m... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Building the autistic community? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020, 10:45 am
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| To have this you need social hierarchy. Most of these groups are against the concept for obvious reason Many autistic groups have hierarchies. For example: Autscape has a Board of Directors, an Organising Committee, and several Sub-committees: http://www.autscape.org/ The European Council of Autist... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever watch autistic YouTube channels? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2020, 11:38 am
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funeralxempire wrote: Is autism more common in people or YouTube channels? I thought only people could have autism. 
Ha ha 
Good point. I'm not sure. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2020, 11:35 am
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Replies: 51
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| Daktari (Swahili for "doctor") is an American family drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series is an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television starring Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Center for... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Building the autistic community? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2020, 4:22 pm
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| I correctly pointed out that you are giving people the impression there is one autistic community when infact you contradicted yourself saying that there are exclusion criteria against children, low-moderate functioning autistic people and their parents. But there is indeed one Autistic Community .... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever watch autistic YouTube channels? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2020, 3:58 pm
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| Do you ever watch autistic YouTube channels? If so, which ones are your favourites? What do you like about them? Recently, I discovered Mind Your Autistic Brain with Social AUtie. Yesterday, she interviewed Mordi BenHamou, aka The Autistic Guitarist, who published an autobiographical book called &qu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2020, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 51
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traven wrote: ah the american hero,
i'd reduced it to the more common rolemodel, or inspirational figure Oh, that could do as well. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up? |
| KenG |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2020, 7:28 am
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Dear_one wrote: By my mid-teens, I admired M.K. Gandhi and M.L. King Oh, M.K. Gandhi and M.L. King were among the figures whom I also admired. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: AUsome Conference 2020 |
| KenG |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2020, 7:21 am
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| Great interview, Ken! Really enjoyed that. Well spoken. I'm glad you overcame the challenges of putting yourself out there, being on the receiving end of angry parents, but persevering and encouraging an accepting and positive perspective. I too remember those early days, back in 2006. I remember A... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up? |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2020, 1:43 pm
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| I've never fully understood what "hero" means in this context. What I learned as a kid is that a hero is someone who literally saves someone else, like pulling someone out of a building that's on fire. Since I've never been very impressed with other people, however, I'm sure I've never ha... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: AUsome Conference 2020 |
| KenG |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2020, 1:40 pm
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Jakki wrote: You seem quite informed / on the topics of autism socialization. Hope your interview went well......... they were favorably impressed. Thank you for sharing it ! Hope your making music brings you social network and peace.
All in all I liked your insights .. best of wishes . Smiles . Thank you |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up? |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2020, 4:23 pm
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traven wrote: and i suspect Paula from Daktari as well Paula from Daktari?
I never heard of her.
Who is she? |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: AUsome Conference 2020 |
| KenG |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2020, 4:20 pm
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KenG wrote: Prior to the AUsome conference, I'm still not sure when, I will be joining Evaleen for a video interview at AUsome Training's Facebook page. Here is my interview:
(eventually, it was Amy who interviewed me, rather than Evaleen) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If you wrote an autobiography |
| KenG |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2020, 4:38 pm
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Replies: 24
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| Perhaps you could read a few autistic autobiographies, to get ideas about what to write about? For example, you could read some of these autobiographies: - Autism, Falafel and Rock & Roll.: A journey to an atypical world https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089ZZMMGM https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2020, 4:13 pm
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| So to name a few of my literary heroes: Jules Verne, Wilkie Collins, Harlan Ellison, Conan Doyle, Oda Eiichiro, Henry James (yes, I love Henry James and I don't care who makes fun of me for it 8O ), Ranpo Edogawa, Jane Austen, Alexandre Dumas, Franz Kafka... A few years ago, I read Wilkie Collins' ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have any heroes who helped you grow up? |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2020, 9:22 am
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| Time was when I thoroughly admired John Lennon, but now, to me he's just a musician who wrote and recorded some music I really like, he had a lot of interesting ideas about people, art and politics, but he could also behave like a first-class jerk, so he lost his hero status with me. It no longer m... |
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