Comments on: Take 10 Minutes- Meet a Trust Agent

By: Heather E. Sedlock

Heather E. Sedlock — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:17:28 +0000

Still… fraud or not, the concepts presented by the video is still food for thought.

As an autistic person who has overcome the difficulties of learning “standard language” as she refers to it here, I have much interest in the food for thought presented.

I still primarily rely on electronic communications to interact with the outside world outside of my family… but I can talk now. What would have been thought of me or what would I have not achieved if I had not overcome my difficulties in childhood?

By: joystick

joystick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:07:56 +0000

Thank you so much for making this video. I work with youth that have a range of disabilities, some verbal but still their communication style is often overlooked. I am going to share this with my students and encourage them to make and post their own videos. Thank you so very much!

By: Timberland shoes

Timberland shoes — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:07:02 +0000

I can't agree more.

By: camilladowns

camilladowns — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:39:30 +0000

Not jumping into the fraud or not debate. What I do want everyone to take away is how social media has opened a world to individuals who physically can't speak or carry on a verbal conversation in the way most of us can (and how this has empowered them & opened further entrepreneurial routes for them).

What I have been doing since 2007 ~ setting up email newsletters, blogs & now FB, Linkedin, Twitter for my clients has connected with the fact that my daughter's speech is unintelligible (due to a chromosome disorder (18p-); which means she's missing a piece of the short arm of her #18 chromosome). My daughter is 7 and beginning when she was 6 I taught her how to email, use instant chat on Skype, blog, she makes entries on our FB Fan Page, we've recorded a few YouTube videos & she uses an augmentative communication device in school.

That's my take on this & social media and it's my mission & passion to teach children like my daughter & their families that if they so choose, they can use social media to it's fullest.

Thanks Chris for posting this ~ fraud or not a fraud ~ I was literally drawn to watch this & drawn to comment here; even if my comment is a bit out of context with the video itself. Thanks from the bottom of my heart!!

By: velochef

velochef — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:39:40 +0000

I was emotionally touched, almost to the “ol' Yeller” movie level, but managed to control it. There came a point, somewhere around the 7min mark, where the intellectual discetion of the words faded away and human empathy took over. I was touched, and that is a good thing for me.

Recently, I got the chance to meet Chris, shake his hand and look him in the eyes. My comment to him was that he is a role model, something like a lighthouse beacon, for me and I look forward to following his lead. I trust Chris.

By: John Best

John Best — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:53:23 +0000

Chris,
You stumbled on a real "can of worms" here with Amanda Baggs. In case you didn't notice, I'm the guy who wrote the three blog posts you referenced.
It's not just Baggs that you have to watch to understand what's going on here but the whole of a group called Neurodiversity who has been waging a propaganda campaign since 1999 to try to convince parents NOT to cure their autistic children. Baggs has served as the spokesmodel for this group since 2006 when she started making her videos.
Why would anyone be opposed to curing autism, you might ask. Follow the money. Autism is caused by thimerosal, the vaccine preservative that contains mercury. We learned this is 1999 and shortly after that, learned how to remove mercury from the brain to cure the autism. The more children we cure of autism, the more evidence there is against the vaccine makers that can translate into trillions of dollars in lawsuits. Everyone associated with Amanda Baggs also defends Pharma and they write blatant lies about treatments that cure autism or improve it to try to convince parents not to use those treatments for Pharma's benefit.
Autistic children who act the way Baggs does are mostly severely retarded and never learn to read or write. They are sent to asylums once they're too big for their parents to handle and that's where they spend the rest of their lives. Everything Baggs says is a complete lie.

By: Laka Dukus

Laka Dukus — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:53:25 +0000

I am not attacking anyone with Autism.
I have seen the "good" side of her, and I seen the "bad" side.
I have my opinions and they are mine. I could do my "homework" and research more out.

I deal with homeless people in Toronto, many of them are scam artists who are not really homeless. There was this woman called "shaky lady", she would shake back and forth, she begged for money, at the end she was caught being a fraud, I also saw her in Montreal begging for money.

I like to get both/all sides of a story. When the poster below claimed she was a fraud, I Googled and found some information that claims she is a fraud, other posts claim she is legit. I stated my opinion, and I left as Chris can have his opinion (and all you can have your own different opinions). To tell you the truth, I am not going to lose sleep over this.

But there are A LOT of scammers out there (not calling her a scammer and not calling her not a scammer).

By: Name

Name — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:41:59 +0000

This is me taking it in a direction not really relevant
but there is no "real" autistic way to move
there are a couple of similar movements in some autistic folks
but there are many many many that are individual or uncommon

just
i dunno
please don't white wash the autistic crowd :)

-kat

By: kengaylord

kengaylord — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:34:05 +0000

Wow! I started out thinking that it was going to be strange and a waste of time. The second half of the video really opened my eyes, or I guess, my mind. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

By: John Best

John Best — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:23:18 +0000

This goes to the motivation for the fraud. Her overall message is that autistic people do not want to be cured. That's simply insane so you have to ask yourselves why anyone would want to promote such nonsense. This is rather long but worth reading if you want to understand the whole agenda.
http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2009/06/debunk...