Barb

Wow, how great was Barb?! The entire presentation and her outlook was just amazing. Although I have worked with autistic adults and children in a couple of different settings, her view and thoughts altered the way I think about austism. You hardly get to understand the real intelligence of an autistic person that is mute as well. It is awesome that she finally gained access to an alternate form of communication that opened an extremely interesting way of thinking. Her perspective of being autistic is nothing short of amazing. Us "normals" are so focused on going, going, going but an autistic mind is so perfectly in the now. Her descriptions of the warm sun and grass in the shade were just beautiful and because of her label as autistic she has the ability to truly appreciate and experience that. The presentaion allowed me to alter my way of thinking about autistic individuals - I no longer have a complete feeling of sympathy for them - in some ways, I could be envious.