Health And Research

© Bente Hedman
Published 27.02.2008

A very interesting article!! Take time to read, and take time to watch the video!!

The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know

"The YouTube clip opens with a woman facing away from the camera, rocking back and forth, flapping her hands awkwardly, and emitting an eerie hum. She then performs strange repetitive behaviors: slapping a piece of paper against a window, running a hand lengthwise over a computer keyboard, twisting the knob of a drawer...

Baggs is part of an increasingly visible and highly networked community of autistics. Over the past decade, this group has benefited enormously from the Internet as well as innovations like type-to-speech software. Baggs may never have considered herself trapped in her own world, but thanks to technology, she can communicate with the same speed and specificity as someone using spoken language."
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-03/ff_autism