tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post6680292398560071275..comments2024-03-12T03:43:35.156-04:00Comments on Look Me In The Eye: Mexicans, Aspergians, and historyJohn Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407165016025447113noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-58316864062010389802008-09-26T18:56:00.000-04:002008-09-26T18:56:00.000-04:00"One of the two best autism moms ever" from Boulde..."One of the two best autism moms ever" from Boulder finally finished your book this afternoon after you signed it Monday night. It was amazing! I literally read pages 265 through 266 while driving (technically while waiting at red lights). It's the kind of book I want to write someday -- balanced between some painful passages and downright hilarious chapters. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing it, and thanks, too, for your kind words of encouragement that night. You really picked me up -- and I needed it.twinx123https://www.blogger.com/profile/11962539224870776409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-35677326159752494182008-09-26T06:04:00.000-04:002008-09-26T06:04:00.000-04:00You pose lots of questions, some of which i have t...You pose lots of questions, some of which i have thought about.<BR/>I wonder if we will ever know?Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-58005298652428398952008-09-25T22:28:00.000-04:002008-09-25T22:28:00.000-04:00We have a 9 year old boy who was adopted from Chin...We have a 9 year old boy who was adopted from China at age 3 1/2. There he was wasting away in an orphanage. <BR/>I read your book and am glad to find your blog. I blog about my son at http://spectrumkids.blogspot.com. The Title of it is: "Brilliant Spectrum Child: the adventures of Orangeboy and his antagonists".Chinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549840587938665855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-17160621194357624532008-09-25T20:08:00.000-04:002008-09-25T20:08:00.000-04:00"the world needs a few people whose thinking is to..."the world needs a few people whose thinking is totally unique to move society forward,"<BR/><BR/>You got it.Michelle O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221354521123541601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-49461179130608196452008-09-25T16:50:00.000-04:002008-09-25T16:50:00.000-04:00Hi John,I am frequent visitor to your blog.I follo...Hi John,<BR/>I am frequent visitor to your blog.<BR/>I follow rTMS news.<BR/>Any updates?<BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-18344991657690975042008-09-24T21:31:00.000-04:002008-09-24T21:31:00.000-04:00Hey John,I've posted the account of our time in Ho...Hey John,<BR/>I've posted the account of our time in Hollywood on my <A HREF="http://easy-writer.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">blog</A>.<BR/>Hope you're enjoying Silicon Valley, over to Corte Madera (say hi to Don George for me) and also San Fran.Kananihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317494343177263398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-55065081275629834952008-09-24T13:42:00.000-04:002008-09-24T13:42:00.000-04:00"What an interesting guy!" the dj/progra..."What an interesting guy!" the dj/programmer from another show said to me as he was listening to this interview. I think you'll agree. Author of NY Time bestseller LOOK ME IN THE EYE, aspergian, inventor, engineer John Elder Robison really gives one insight <BR/>into the possibility about what is happening in the autism brain and heart. . Truly delightful listening. <BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.livingtheautismmaze.com/<BR/>radiator_092408.mp3<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://livingtheautismmaze.com/events.htm <BR/>archived shows of The Next Frontier <BR/>Producer & Host Anne Barbano~ ANNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550697990388298303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-28336709303942266042008-09-24T09:14:00.000-04:002008-09-24T09:14:00.000-04:00I'm sorry I missed your talk!! My husband got sic...I'm sorry I missed your talk!! My husband got sick that day and I had the kiddos. <BR/><BR/>Sigh.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-71328110356547204722008-09-24T05:56:00.000-04:002008-09-24T05:56:00.000-04:00A friend of mine was severely persecuted for expre...A friend of mine was severely persecuted for expressing himself as a creative artist in modern-day Mexico; it doesn't seem to me like a society with much room for difference or dissent, even though, being made up of so many diverse regions, it might be better tolerated in some pockets than in others.<BR/><BR/>BTW, speaking of Aspergians in the creative arts, did you ever see the movie "Mozart and the Whale"? What do you think of it?<BR/><BR/>I asked an Aspergian friend of mine why there are so few actual actors with autism chosen to portray characters with autism onscreen, and he speculated that perhaps there simply aren't many actors with Autism-spectrum conditions. Do you know of many folks in the film industry who are on the autism spectrum? It seems like the film industry really enjoys portraying people with mental, psychiatric and developmental disabilities, because, as they behave differently, those characters are so easily made into props and foils; the film industry seems much less interested in employing people who have those conditions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-80260685449404995122008-09-23T12:44:00.000-04:002008-09-23T12:44:00.000-04:00This is very interesting. I don't have any insight...This is very interesting. I don't have any insight into people with Asperger's in Mexico, but I have seen many people with Down's and they seem happy and well cared for. Granted, that may not be the case throughout the country, but it did give me hope.<BR/><BR/>I worry that those with greater challenges in life are not helped as they should be.Melanie Hooyengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781235493983907234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-88302577201540814102008-09-23T12:12:00.000-04:002008-09-23T12:12:00.000-04:00Leave it up to you to think of a question like tha...Leave it up to you to think of a question like that!!<BR/><BR/>That's actually a great question, (like there are any dumb ones)... one I've actually found myself asking over the years of learning all I have about my own family. <BR/><BR/>My mother's of Filipino descent, while my father's Caucasian. They both exhibit many qualities on the spectrum, which has probably been the glue that's held their marriage together over the years. How they managed to meet, considering they were both on opposite ends of the globe is a miracle within itself. I ask my mom a lot of questions about her culture, and what it was like in the Philippines for someone with a brain that thinks a bit differently. It almost seemed to me that it was as though many of the traits of autism spectrum were just a way of typical thinking in her area of growing up. Like it was "normal" to have a nickname for everything, and social/emotional characteristics seem to be very similiar as well. <BR/><BR/>In regards to Mexican culture, it wouldn't surprise me if Salvador Dali was/is on the spectrum. I dunno, was he "Mexican", or "Hispanic"? I'm not too well versed in those different sub-cultures. Wish I was though. <BR/><BR/>Definately food for thought. :)...https://www.blogger.com/profile/15976878831746650620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-25036019848433386602008-09-23T11:25:00.000-04:002008-09-23T11:25:00.000-04:00Looking forward to seeing you in Dayton Ohio next ...Looking forward to seeing you in Dayton Ohio next weekkaanllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355244968540347376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751271189667675662.post-2283833447042321802008-09-23T09:54:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:54:00.000-04:00That is a very interesting thought. Makes me wond...That is a very interesting thought. Makes me wonder...<BR/><BR/>I look forward to hearing what you find!Crazy Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380689028187815242noreply@blogger.com