[extropy-chat] Fwd: CNN features amazing user with autism

[Jef Allbright]

I found this YouTube video to be both fascinating and enlightening.
Also interesting how much of this I can relate to myself.  Lizbeth
says no surprise there, it's an INTJ thing.

Highly recommended.

- Jef


> Amanda produced her own video to communicate how she perceives and interacts
> with the people and things around her and posted it on YouTube. You can
> watch her video at
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc>
> It was this
> video that led CNN to share her story. Read why she created her video at
> http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/





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ATI eNews -- Special Edition -- CNN Story Tonight - February 22, 2007

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Amanda Baggs is an amazing 26-year old woman with severe autism who lives
independently in Vermont. She is an extremely intelligent woman and an
articulate writer. She speaks her thoughts using a computer, or when away
from her apartment, using our LinkPLUS device.

Amanda is featured in a 2-part story on "Anderson Cooper 360°", a CNN
program.
"Living with autism in a world made for others."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/21/autism.amanda/index.html

Part 1 aired last evening, 2/21/07
Part 2 is scheduled to air * TONIGHT *, 2/22/07
10:00 pm-midnight Eastern Time

You can watch the videos of both segments on the CNN Web site.

Part 1 -- Amanda's World:  A World Apart
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/health/2007/02/21/gupta.amanda.pt1.cnn

Part 2 -- Amanda's World:  A Voice All Her Own
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/health/2007/02/22/gupta.amanda.pt2.CNN

A transcript of both segments is available at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/21/acd.01.html

Amanda produced her own video to communicate how she perceives and interacts
with the people and things around her and posted it on YouTube. You can
watch her video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc . It was this
video that led CNN to share her story. Read why she created her video at
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/

Please take a few minutes to watch these videos and hear Amanda's story. She
is a truly remarkable woman who can help us all better understand what
living with autism is like. Her insights about how she thinks and responds
to the world around her, and especially her ability to communicate these
thoughts, gives us a wealth of valuable information to learn from and plenty
of food for thought.

~ The ATI Team

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