Typed Words, Loud Voices

Posted on 25 July 2018 by Amy Sequenzia

I d like coffee, please No I don t believe you How do I know it is really you who wants coffee and not your friend there subliminally transmitting that to you by touching your shoulder Imagine a world where you had to prove you knew your own mind even to get a cup of coffee, where it was generally assumed that you could have no thoughts of your own, so if you did express your thoughts, it must be some trick What would you do Would you give up, or demand to be heard Sadly, this world is not imaginary for many of the writers in this book, who have chosen the path of demanding to be heard Their best and sometimes only mode of communication is sometimes called discredited because it was tested in ways that make no sense Typed Words, Loud Voices is written by a coalition of writers who type to talk and believe it is neither logical nor fair that some people should be expected to prove themselves every time they have something to say Read our arguments and hear us Help us change the world Getting your attention that I want to voice something is my first challenge However, if you calm your leap to judge, you may find that since we know we take effort to listen to, we make sure you hear something memorable Devva Kasnitz, PhD CUNY Disability Studies This groundbreaking book is a must read for anyone who truly cares about equality and it gives you a new perspective about what it means to have a voice Matthew Wangeman, MCP NAU Disability Studies Ibby, Amy, and the other authors here speak from the heart, because they live it, all day, every day I ve learned from them in ways that can t be measured over the past couple of years their words and thinking have literally changed my life They ll change yours, too Read this, now Phil Smith, Professor, Eastern Michigan University Best Read [ Typed Words, Loud Voices ] by [ Amy Sequenzia ] – kino-fada.fr I started reading on my second day of being non verbal and finished it during the first full day when I became verbal again Not knowing whether I ll talk again, this book and Deutsche Geb rdensprache dictionary calmed me down I knew that somehow it doesn t matter...got me to think of some things I hadnt before Sometimes I struggled with just how unedited it was, though I understand the decision to do it that way.Like Loud Hands Autistic People, Speaking and All the Weight of Our Dreams On Living Racialized Autism, this anthology of writing by autistic people, and others who communicate primarily by writing, is important reading for autistic adults and people interested in the thoughts of autistics I found it particularly interesting because, while I am autistic, I don t have trouble speaking, and only a couple of my autistic friends do Thus, I found it a useful survey of the experiences of thoughts Like Loud Hands Autistic People, Speaking and All the Weight of Our Dreams On Living Racialized Autism, this anthology of writing by autistic people...This deceptively slender anthology is packed with a diversity of powerful, deeply expressive narratives and poetry from Autistic writers, centering the voices of those who communicate nonverbally all or much of the time I especially loved...An informative, transformative, insightful, beautful, amazing anthology One of many works that are giving me my life back I m autistic I know to some of you that know me in person, this may or may not be a surprise but you write so well Well, maybe that s not an adequate criteria, enough said presumecompetence Like one of the other reviewers, I started reading this book after losing speaking ability for a couple of weeks, which is a story unto itself Again, to people that know An informative, transformative, insightful, beautful, amazing anthology One of many works that are giving me my life back I m autistic I know to some of you that know me in person, this may or may not be a surprise but you write so well Well, maybe that s not an adequate criteria, enough said presumecompetence Like one of the other reviewers, I started reading this book after losing speaking ability for a couple of weeks, which is a story unto itself Again, to people that know me it may shock you to find out that email still exists in 2018, but an entire world awaits, if you are so inclined As for the book itself such a moving range of voices Some of the pieces that p...

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25 July 2018

Amy Sequenzia