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In my language

Posted by Marc | 12-02-2007 20:57 | Category: Activism, Health

"Far from being purposeless, the way that I move is an ongoing response to what is going around me. Ironically, the way that I move when responding to everything around me is described as being in a world of my own. Whereas if I interact with a much more limited set of responses and only react to a much more limited part of my surroundings, people claim that I am opening up to true interaction with the world.”

This video is from silentmiaow, An autistic woman who “speaks” her language, then ours. She made one of the most impressing video’s I ever saw. Actually it’s all about communication. Good communication is speaking the right language, we advertising people can learn a lot from her.
Visit her blog about assorted ideas, but most will have something to do with human rights, autistic liberation, disability rights, and so forth.
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