11year old Autistic Girl can communicate fluently.

[Mark Wilson]

This is mindblowing.

http://www.wimp.com/autisticgirl/

[line6man]

Very interesting, but speaking as someone with Asperger's, this doesn't surprise me.
It just further reinforces my belief that people with various forms are Autism are not necessarily mentally retarded or disabled, just very different.

[popinfresh]

Originally Posted by line6man

Very interesting, but speaking as someone with Asperger's, this doesn't surprise me.
It just further reinforces my belief that people with various forms are Autism are not necessarily mentally retarded or disabled, just very different.

Agreed. Amazing story though!

[bongomania]

This reminds me of a woman I met a few years ago, a friend of a friend. She was completely incapable of speech or bodily control, except her neck, which she could bob side-to-side. She was in one of those full-body chairs with her wrists and ankles strapped down, and a torso harness to keep her from slumping and falling put of the chair, and a towel around her neck for the drool (not joking or making fun, just a fact).

Turns out she has written several novels, using software that interprets the side-to-side motion of her head as binary code. She writes freaking full-length novels, in binary code, with the only part of her body that has any control.

[line6man]

Originally Posted by bongomania

This reminds me of a woman I met a few years ago, a friend of a friend. She was completely incapable of speech or bodily control, except her neck, which she could bob side-to-side. She was in one of those full-body chairs with her wrists and ankles strapped down, and a torso harness to keep her from slumping and falling put of the chair, and a towel around her neck for the drool (not joking or making fun, just a fact).

Turns out she has written several novels, using software that interprets the side-to-side motion of her head as binary code. She writes freaking full-length novels, in binary code, with the only part of her body that has any control.

That reminds me of Jason Becker.

He communicates through a system of eye movements, and even managed to compose an album that way.

[metallicafan18]

Originally Posted by bongomania

This reminds me of a woman I met a few years ago, a friend of a friend. She was completely incapable of speech or bodily control, except her neck, which she could bob side-to-side. She was in one of those full-body chairs with her wrists and ankles strapped down, and a torso harness to keep her from slumping and falling put of the chair, and a towel around her neck for the drool (not joking or making fun, just a fact).

Turns out she has written several novels, using software that interprets the side-to-side motion of her head as binary code. She writes freaking full-length novels, in binary code, with the only part of her body that has any control.

[MIJ-VI]

Far out! Yet more reason why hope will endure for most folks.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by line6man

Very interesting, but speaking as someone with Asperger's, this doesn't surprise me.
It just further reinforces my belief that people with various forms are Autism are not necessarily mentally retarded or disabled, just very different.

True.

The mind can be 100%
The body can be 100%

Just simply a connection problem between the two!

[Webtroll]

Amazing, I'd have never suspected this myself

[tom once dead]

Wowee

[Sam Hain]

Amazing!!!!

[Valerus]

fantastic.

[L-A]

Awesome, but it doesn't surprise me that much. The way she communicates is revolutionary, though.

I used to take care of an autistic guy (mid-30's I'd guess) who could express needs, preferences and have a pretty decent conversation, only he didn't have the notion of "I". He spoke of himself in third person. He used to leave noisy or too vivid environments too.

[Radical Edward]

This is pretty amazing,. My little brother has autism and htis is very inspirational. He does so many of the same thingslike banging his head on stuff, etc. This gives me hope that he will learn to come out of his shell and be happy.

[MonetBass]

I shared this with my sister. Her youngest son is autistic, and while he can communicate pretty well (much better than Carly), he does exhibit similar behaviors at times. Very interesting -- thanks for posting.

[bigblondeafro87]

I love autistic people my cousin has ausberger's syndrome and my sister works with quite a few autistic children. I believe in trying to understand the syndrome, we may be able to understand how the human brain and human intelligence works. The amazing memory and intelligence autistic people can have shows that the human brain is capable of more than we thought.

[line6man]

Originally Posted by bigblondeafro87

The amazing memory and intelligence autistic people can have shows that the human brain is capable of more than we thought.

Exactly.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by line6man

Very interesting, but speaking as someone with Asperger's, this doesn't surprise me.
It just further reinforces my belief that people with various forms are Autism are not necessarily mentally retarded or disabled, just very different.

+1

I had a friend with 2 autistic children. They were both quite intelligent, but really socially awkward. These two boys were aged 6 and 4, with the older one beginning school the last I saw him. Aside from having poor communication (with the rest of us, his brother understood him perfectly) I could see him getting on well in a school setting. I think part of his adjustment would have to be getting used to being told what to do, as his mother would let those children do whatever they wanted.

[line6man]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

They were both quite intelligent, but really socially awkward.

Yeah, that's how I am. (At least outside of the internet.. )

When I was a kid, I was always the smartest kid in the class, but I just couldn't relate to other kids, socially.
I ended up in some special ed classes for a while because of the social skills, but that always frustrated the hell out of me. Intellectually I needed to be in advanced placement classes, but socially, I couldn't handle school/being around people/etc.

This recently came up on the Warmoth forum actually, and this is the second time I've ever had reason to mention that I had Asperger's.

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/ind...?topic=12849.0

[MadMan118]

Autism like a number of other psychological conditions are a result not of mental retardation, but overactivity. They function mentally at a level at of above their their peers, its just that there are a bunch of other very distracting things going on up there too.