Here's a link to a collection of my photos of carnivals and musicians and other things.
Images of the Circus
The
Three County Fair
The Big E
This particular photo is a friend's kid in the ball room at the Eastern States Exposition, 2001
John Elder Robison is an autistic adult and advocate for people with neurological differences. He's the author of Look Me in the Eye, Be Different, Raising Cubby, and Switched On. He serves on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee of the US Dept of Health and Human Services and many other autism-related boards. He's co-founder of the TCS Auto Program (A school for teens with developmental challenges) and he’s the Neurodiversity Scholar in Residence at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and a visiting professor of practice at Bay Path University in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
The opinions expressed here are his own. There is no warranty expressed or implied. While reading this essay will give you food for thought, actually printing and eating it may make you sick.
Comments
John - the state facility photos, rather your captions stopped me dead in my tracks. Especially the basement. The ones who lived underground. Bone chilling.
Whoever took them (you?) has the ability to capture with the camera what the eye often misses.
Very touching.
And I agree with Kim re: the state facility phots. I held back a shiver when I looked at them.
I took them.
Woof.
1988: Where's The Beef?
1998: Just do it!
2008: Woof.
The writing, the photos. John, these are wonderful.
BTW see ya in New York!!!