Something about extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary support ....
At 11:17 AM -0600 2/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the nature of autism. Still, I have questions and caveats. -We still need documentation that these individuals were independently diagnosed as autistic, and that their current amazing ability to communicate through autism is produced by them alone, without help (which is what is claimed) -We need to know how common such cases are. Are these people extremely rare individuals, as for example, autistic individuals with extraordinary drawing ability (such as the case of Nadia)? Or is the claim that most or, at least, many, autistic individuals are capable of such communication if given access to a keyboard? I'd certainly like to hear from eminent experts in the field on this development--Ivar Lovaas, for example, and Simon Baron-Cohen. Still, I'm beginning to feel that these claims can no longer be dismissed and deserve a closer look.
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