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Ido Kedar
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Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism’s Silent Prison
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2012
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In Two Worlds
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“The hardest part of autism is the communication challenge. I feel depressed often by my inability to speak. I talk in my mind, but my mind doesn’t talk to my mouth. It’s frustrating even though I can communicate by pointing now. Before I could, it was like a solitary confinement. It was terrible having experts talk to each other about me, and to hear them be wrong in their observations and interpretations, but to not be capable of telling them.”
― Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison
― Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison
“The “experts” mostly never get it right. They assume we are some autistic, retarded stim-machine, not a trapped, thinking person who has a shitty neurological illness. They need to limit our behaviors and stop the impulsive acts, I know. Still, it would be so nice if they realized how intact our minds were.”
― Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison
― Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison
“I can’t stop my senses. No one can. But mine overwhelm me. I hear my dog bark like a gunshot. My ears ring and I lose focus on my task. Tiny sounds are like soft buzzes I hear long after they have stopped. My hearing has advantages too. Boring lectures roar into street sounds so I tune them out. I can overhear interesting stories because I hear through walls in other rooms. Whispering is no defense. I have supersonic ears to eavesdrop.”
― Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison
― Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison
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