Comments on: Watching Dugong and Poetry at Film Victoria. http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/ Ever the arty Autie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:21:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Alison http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-7154 Alison Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:40:00 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-7154 Wow! As a teacher of ASD teens and a 46 year old probable ASD adult, married to another probable Aspie, I can relate to this so well. I often walk away from functions kicking myself, saying to myself 'what on earth was I thinking when I said.....'. Your comments have hit home with both my husband and I and I am sure many of my students will see themselves if I can encourage them to read this Blog, Donna. I know I am considered strange, and still am astounded when I am invited to functions! I am not 'face blind' but I fully understand: 'I can’t tell when people are busy or talking (can’t process own expression and them simultaneously much), don’t know a smooth way to introduce myself naturally, tend to say strange things.' Thanks for your insightful writing. Wow! As a teacher of ASD teens and a 46 year old probable ASD adult, married to another probable Aspie, I can relate to this so well. I often walk away from functions kicking myself, saying to myself ‘what on earth was I thinking when I said…..’. Your comments have hit home with both my husband and I and I am sure many of my students will see themselves if I can encourage them to read this Blog, Donna. I know I am considered strange, and still am astounded when I am invited to functions!

I am not ‘face blind’ but I fully understand:

‘I can’t tell when people are busy or talking (can’t process own expression and them simultaneously much), don’t know a smooth way to introduce myself naturally, tend to say strange things.’

Thanks for your insightful writing.

]]> By: Stuart Vallantine http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-5556 Stuart Vallantine Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:24:55 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-5556 [i]I’m fairly good at controlling myself whilst talking or moving. But standing still and quiet is not my forte. That’s when I switch to all other/no self and the hub bub gets like a tide creeping towards me to engulf me...[/i] I tend to be at my best whilst talking or moving, or speaking to the person on a train or on road transport. As with yourself, standing still and quiet isnt my forte too. If I'm going anywhere, I used to reach for the coat as soon as Person A said we were going to any given place - usually ten minutes before they are ready! [i]I’m fairly good at controlling myself whilst talking or moving. But standing still and quiet is not my forte. That’s when I switch to all other/no self and the hub bub gets like a tide creeping towards me to engulf me…[/i]

I tend to be at my best whilst talking or moving, or speaking to the person on a train or on road transport. As with yourself, standing still and quiet isnt my forte too. If I’m going anywhere, I used to reach for the coat as soon as Person A said we were going to any given place - usually ten minutes before they are ready!

]]> By: P.J. (Liz) http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-5477 P.J. (Liz) Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:57:12 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-5477 I love your blog; it's sensitive and 'cloud-like', meaning it has a very etherial feeling to it. Your art work is very beautiful, too; such colors! Thank you for sharing them with the public. I love your blog; it’s sensitive and ‘cloud-like’, meaning it has a very etherial feeling to it. Your art work is very beautiful, too; such colors! Thank you for sharing them with the public.

]]> By: Amanda http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-5462 Amanda Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:01:38 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2007/03/15/watching-dugong-and-poetry/#comment-5462 <i>In the autie world everyone knows I’m Donna so its ok, but in the world of non-autie strangers they don’t, so I intro myself. You can feel them struggling, its their posture and they resemble how dogs look when you converse with them. If I see them perplexed I intro the ‘A’ word. Chris says this is the right thing to do, that I DO have to intro the ‘A’word or they remain confused about my style. Getting away with it as a teenager or naive 20 something is very different when one is in one’s 40s.</i> Yeah. It's so strange when dealing with non-auties who are unfamiliar with auties, and how much struggle goes on. I've called it "assumption ping-pong" at times because it's like the ideas of how I am and why I do things bounce from one extreme to the other before finding the reality. In the autie world everyone knows I’m Donna so its ok, but in the world of non-autie strangers they don’t, so I intro myself. You can feel them struggling, its their posture and they resemble how dogs look when you converse with them. If I see them perplexed I intro the ‘A’ word. Chris says this is the right thing to do, that I DO have to intro the ‘A’word or they remain confused about my style. Getting away with it as a teenager or naive 20 something is very different when one is in one’s 40s.

Yeah. It’s so strange when dealing with non-auties who are unfamiliar with auties, and how much struggle goes on. I’ve called it “assumption ping-pong” at times because it’s like the ideas of how I am and why I do things bounce from one extreme to the other before finding the reality.

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