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Question 2: Why do people with Autism talk so loudly and weirdly?

I think this question is very important. (It is also important to note that not all people with Autism speak loud and weird.) Communication is important in any sort of relationship, especially when explaining what someone doesn’t understand. When it…

By Jason Tougaw | February 9, 2016 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments |
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Schaber, “What Is Autism?”

Amethyst Schaber has made videos about various topics related to autistic experience. In this one, she offers an overview or definition of autism. You might notice some similarities and significant differences between her explanation and the original definitions offered by the…

By Jason Tougaw | February 8, 2016 | Uncategorized | No Comments |
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Neurodiversity: A New Point of View

Upon reading Walker’s article about the definition of Neurodiversity (among other terms relating to it), I realize that in general, Neurodiversity is a form, or many forms, of communication. Reading and writing is a form of communication a Neurodiversity is…

By Jason Tougaw | February 8, 2016 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |
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Response to The Reason I Jump

While reading The Reason I Jump the world I know was put in a different perspective for me. I can’t remember when I made the decision to be more mindful of people because it probably just clicked in my head…

By Jason Tougaw | February 5, 2016 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments |
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Reading Response #1 Higashida, The Reason I Jump

Throughout the text so far it is very clear that Higashida has a very Phenomenological way in which he expresses the questions and their responses. I would say he does this in an effort to make the text as understandable…

By Jason Tougaw | February 5, 2016 | Uncategorized | 6 Comments |
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“Neurodiversity- Some Basic Terms and Defintions” Nick Walker

The ND paradigm distinguishes that there is no particular “norm” for cognitive function, but rather a socially constructed standard that has been normalized. Those who stray or fall out of this standard are therefore neurodivergent. I understand the difficulties in…

By Jason Tougaw | February 4, 2016 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |
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Help Pages on QWriting

The Help pages on QWriting are excellent. On them you can find very clear instructions for just about anything you’d want to do with a WordPress blog: Create a blog Create a new post Add video, audio, links, or PDFs…

By Jason Tougaw | February 4, 2016 | Uncategorized | No Comments |
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A Couple of Videos

British novelist David Mitchell–author of Slade House (2015), The Bone Clocks (2014), and Cloud Atlas (2004)–is one of the translators of Higashida’s The Reason I Jump. Here he discusses Higashida’s book. Amethyst Schaber hosts a pretty awesome YouTube show entitled “Ask…

By Jason Tougaw | February 3, 2016 | Uncategorized | No Comments |
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Questions You Might Address in this Week’s Reading Responses

Do you notice any topics, issues, or questions about which Naoki Higashida and Nick Walker seem to disagree or diverge? While he doesn’t use the term, Higashida offers readers a series of phenomenological portraits of his experience. Why does he do…

By Jason Tougaw | February 3, 2016 | Uncategorized | No Comments |
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Phenomenology

Hi everybody. Here are a couple links to useful defintions of phenomenology, one from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and two from Wikipedia, one from a philosophical perspective and one from a psychological perspective.

By Jason Tougaw | February 3, 2016 | Uncategorized | No Comments |
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