I start out in my "native language," and provide a translation, or at least an explanation. Then I discuss how thought, language, communication, interaction, awareness, and personhood are defined by people in general, to the detriment of many people, particularly cognitively disabled people, who don't fit the narrow definitions. Although I'm autistic, this is not an "autism zoo exhibit" or a generalization about all autistic people, but rather a statement about who gets considered a person and who doesn't, what gets considered communication and what doesn't, and on what basis.I start out in my "native language," and provide a translation, or at least an explanation. Then I discuss how thought, language, communica...all »I start out in my "native language," and provide a translation, or at least an explanation. Then I discuss how thought, language, communication, interaction, awareness, and personhood are defined by people in general, to the detriment of many people, particularly cognitively disabled people, who don't fit the narrow definitions. Although I'm autistic, this is not an "autism zoo exhibit" or a generalization about all autistic people, but rather a statement about who gets considered a person and who doesn't, what gets considered communication and what doesn't, and on what basis.«
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