Comments on: Look Me in the Eye: A Review http://teenautism.com/2009/03/02/look-me-in-the-eye-a-review/ Beyond ABA, after OT . . . what now? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:40:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tanya Savko http://teenautism.com/2009/03/02/look-me-in-the-eye-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4907 Tanya Savko Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:40:01 +0000 http://teenautism.com/?p=263#comment-4907 Michelle - it all started with a comment string on Jess Wilson's blog that those who contributed to the service dog fund for Michelle O'Neil's daughter should have a chance to win a dinner date with JER. So what started off as a joke actually came to fruition! John is such a good sport! M - Very good points. Someone should write a book expelling the myths. There are unfortunately so many. Michelle – it all started with a comment string on Jess Wilson’s blog that those who contributed to the service dog fund for Michelle O’Neil’s daughter should have a chance to win a dinner date with JER. So what started off as a joke actually came to fruition! John is such a good sport!

M – Very good points. Someone should write a book expelling the myths. There are unfortunately so many.

]]> By: M http://teenautism.com/2009/03/02/look-me-in-the-eye-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4882 M Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:41:54 +0000 http://teenautism.com/?p=263#comment-4882 "The myth that people on the autism spectrum are not emotional" this seems to be one of the most consistent misperceptions out there. very frustrating. i think the biggest one is that people on the spectrum do not enjoy social interactions. that's slowly, sort of getting better, but i still hear it a lot from mental health professionals. that myth absolutely kills me. i think blogs, more than anything else, are doing all of the heavy-lifting, in terms of chipping away at the myths. "objective" professionals...they miss a lot of the nuances of the condition. "the client is not making friends...so they must not want friends". i don't know. i'm trying to imagine where a lot of this bad info comes from and it just seems like intellectual laziness. “The myth that people on the autism spectrum are not emotional”

this seems to be one of the most consistent misperceptions out there. very frustrating. i think the biggest one is that people on the spectrum do not enjoy social interactions. that’s slowly, sort of getting better, but i still hear it a lot from mental health professionals. that myth absolutely kills me. i think blogs, more than anything else, are doing all of the heavy-lifting, in terms of chipping away at the myths. “objective” professionals…they miss a lot of the nuances of the condition. “the client is not making friends…so they must not want friends”. i don’t know. i’m trying to imagine where a lot of this bad info comes from and it just seems like intellectual laziness.

]]> By: Michelle S http://teenautism.com/2009/03/02/look-me-in-the-eye-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4854 Michelle S Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:44:49 +0000 http://teenautism.com/?p=263#comment-4854 I love love love this book! I'm so jealous you all got to meet him and talk to him. how did that come about?? Thanks for doing the review. More people need to know about it. I love love love this book! I’m so jealous you all got to meet him and talk to him. how did that come about?? Thanks for doing the review. More people need to know about it.

]]> By: Cheryl http://teenautism.com/2009/03/02/look-me-in-the-eye-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4852 Cheryl Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:17:04 +0000 http://teenautism.com/?p=263#comment-4852 Wow - it sounds like a good book! Thanks for the review, I'm going to check it out. Wow – it sounds like a good book! Thanks for the review, I’m going to check it out.

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