🪦 Deceased Amanda/Amelia Baggs / witharoundsmoothstone / ballastexistenz - moonfaced malingering autistic "activist"/SJW

[Slice Me Up]

My point was that whether she sincerely believes it or not, and she probably does considering all the acid and prior faking behaviour, she cannot even fake autism gud.

Its impossible to fake 24/7, but even on camera she came off as a bloody parody of autism due to how ridiculously over the top she was being.

And the problem with that? Misinformation and distrust.

She makes every severely autistic person look like a homely disgusting mess when in actuality hygene and grooming are top priorities for parents and caregivers to teach. She inconsistently portrays behavioral characteristics and describes the reality of being autistic wrong compared to every other communicating nonverbal sped out there. And her untrustworthiness (despite her likely sincere belief that she has autism) instills distrust in other advocates. It makes people suspicious of actual advocates.

Hell, I'm suspicious and I've met speds who wrote fluently but couldn't speak.

I don't believe she believes she's autistic, because if so, she wouldn't threaten legal action on people who claim otherwise (as she has done) because it would be a simple matter of flashing her diagnosis papers. If she has to lawyer up to prove she's on the spectrum, that's suss as fuck.

Also, out of curiosity @MysteriousStranger , what are the symptoms of acid damage? I have no idea why she wouldn't roll with that, she could get sweet sweet pity points from the "don't be like me kids" scare 'em straight kind of campaign.

 

[MysteriousStranger]

I don't believe she believes she's autistic, because if so, she wouldn't threaten legal action on people who claim otherwise (as she has done) because it would be a simple matter of flashing her diagnosis papers. If she has to lawyer up to prove she's on the spectrum, that's suss as fuck.

Also, out of curiosity @MysteriousStranger , what are the symptoms of acid damage? I have no idea why she wouldn't roll with that, she could get sweet sweet pity points from the "don't be like me kids" scare 'em straight kind of campaign.

I'm trying to think how to answer that.

I knew a girl whose big brother had given her acid from a young age. We were both about twelve when I knew her. She had quite an elaborate fantasy world about talking trees and rocks and that sort of thing. I don't know if she actually believed it or if it was just some fun augmented by a damaged brain.

Adults who took too much just seem off. I know that's not useful information in the slightest, but I don't know how to be more specific.

I imagine Amanda was drawn to autism first because it was all over the news at the time. It's such a big, overarching diagnosis - it's everything from nonverbals who shit themselves and get strapped into wheelchairs to brilliant scientists who don't do small talk well. Master a few autistic traits and the rest is your playground.

Fakers seem especially drawn to stimming, for some damn reason.

 

[Slice Me Up]

I'm trying to think how to answer that.

I knew a girl whose big brother had given her acid from a young age. We were both about twelve when I knew her. She had quite an elaborate fantasy world about talking trees and rocks and that sort of thing. I don't know if she actually believed it or if it was just some fun augmented by a damaged brain.

Adults who took too much just seem off. I know that's not useful information in the slightest, but I don't know how to be more specific.

I imagine Amanda was drawn to autism first because it was all over the news at the time. It's such a big, overarching diagnosis - it's everything from nonverbals who shit themselves and get strapped into wheelchairs to brilliant scientists who don't do small talk well. Master a few autistic traits and the rest is your playground.

Fakers seem especially drawn to stimming, for some damn reason.

Fakers are drawn to stimming because it's visible and inextricably linked to autism. You could pass off awkwardness or intense interest in something as personality quirks, but stimming, for better or worse, is (almost always) immediately noticeable and will make the first vaguely-aware passersby think "autistic", so naturally they latch onto it. Double points if they flap.

Also god, acid at 12. That poor girl. Thank you for the information!

 

[Shanndog]

My point was that whether she sincerely believes it or not, and she probably does considering all the acid and prior faking behaviour, she cannot even fake autism gud.

Its impossible to fake 24/7, but even on camera she came off as a bloody parody of autism due to how ridiculously over the top she was being.

And the problem with that? Misinformation and distrust.

She makes every severely autistic person look like a homely disgusting mess when in actuality hygene and grooming are top priorities for parents and caregivers to teach. She inconsistently portrays behavioral characteristics and describes the reality of being autistic wrong compared to every other communicating nonverbal sped out there. And her untrustworthiness (despite her likely sincere belief that she has autism) instills distrust in other advocates. It makes people suspicious of actual advocates.

Hell, I'm suspicious and I've met speds who wrote fluently but couldn't speak.

i agree and i relate... yeah people like her has made the whole disabled advocate concept just get largely writtenoff by most parents and profesionals ,its unfourtunate because the disabled advcatesa re the best to speak on disability, but when you got a bunch of fakers-- and since amanda baggs was notthe only one, there was a smaller sub community of these fools, it just ruins it for actual disableds

yes i agree she definietly does that as well

Fakers are drawn to stimming because it's visible and inextricably linked to autism. You could pass off awkwardness or intense interest in something as personality quirks, but stimming, for better or worse, is (almost always) immediately noticeable and will make the first vaguely-aware passersby think "autistic", so naturally they latch onto it. Double points if they flap.

Also god, acid at 12. That poor girl. Thank you for the information!

100 % agreed ! i was just about t o say the same thing yes stimming and sensory needs are some oft he most outward and ''common'' traits and its how every movie and show portrays autistics and other DD cognitive impaired characters in general for that matter

I don't believe she believes she's autistic, because if so, she wouldn't threaten legal action on people who claim otherwise (as she has done) because it would be a simple matter of flashing her diagnosis papers. If she has to lawyer up to prove she's on the spectrum, that's suss as fuck.

Also, out of curiosity @MysteriousStranger , what are the symptoms of acid damage? I have no idea why she wouldn't roll with that, she could get sweet sweet pity points from the "don't be like me kids" scare 'em straight kind of campaign.

so true , but with disability she can more easily play victim when it benefits her

 

[Meowzers]

okay sooo she's blind now? or more specifically, she's been 'low-vision' her whole life and just now accepted it and just got a white cane.

she says she's not blind as in her eyes physically do not work. she's blind in a way where she CAN see but processes stuff in a special autistic way that makes her run out in front of moving cars because she can't see them fast enough, or something? i can only half-understand what she's saying in her tl;dr blog post about it. but what i'm gaining is that she's always been too autistic to see shit normally, people say she "looks blind" because she has a blank dead fish stare, and has been using accessibility stuff for blind people (screen readers etc) for a long time, which means she IS blind and therefore NEEDS the cane.
the picture she used for the post is horrifying btw. tw for epic unibrow

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[Shanndog]

okay sooo she's blind now? or more specifically, she's been 'low-vision' her whole life and just now accepted it and just got a white cane.
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she says she's not blind as in her eyes physically do not work. she's blind in a way where she CAN see but processes stuff in a special autistic way that makes her run out in front of moving cars because she can't see them fast enough, or something? i can only half-understand what she's saying in her tl;dr blog post about it. but what i'm gaining is that she's always been too autistic to see shit normally, people say she "looks blind" because she has a blank dead fish stare, and has been using accessibility stuff for blind people (screen readers etc) for a long time, which means she IS blind and therefore NEEDS the cane.
the picture she used for the post is horrifying btw. tw for epic unibrow

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OH MY GOD ! wow, amanda has gotten so far down the crazy, i have no words, this is such bull shit, she just loves to make any excuse to justify to have any sort of disability aides so she can show just how ''spethuul'' she is . ooohh man ! -- on a side note im glad to see this thread is moving again and has some new info and opinions

 

[Meowthkip]

It is true that there are different types of blindness, and one can be legally blind while still having some vision. Her lazy eye she's got going on will definitely result in poor depth perception.

Given Amanda's history of collecting ailments like fucking Pokemon cards, though, I am highly skeptical of her very specific blindness that's apparently the opposite of a T-rex's.

 

[Shanndog]

It is true that there are different types of blindness, and one can be legally blind while still having some vision. Her lazy eye she's got going on will definitely result in poor depth perception.

Given Amanda's history of collecting ailments like fucking Pokemon cards, though, I am highly skeptical of her very specific blindness that's apparently the opposite of a T-rex's.

yes, i agree, i understand and in most other cases, id be pretty ok and it would make sense, im with ya. but with amanda, no, this is just the next phase in her how disabled can i be and what can i do since i completely over killed and played out the 'tism

 

[Trombonista]

Maybe she's losing her vision due to diabetes.

 

[Shanndog]

Maybe she's losing her vision due to diabetes.

that is not too far fetched actually given her health, but, because its amanda and we all know what she does......and even if it is a legit issue she will still take advantage and play it up and milk it as much as he can for max look at me points

 

[omori]

The blindness I can believe, her bulging eyes remind me of a pug’s.

 

[Shanndog]

The blindness I can believe, her bulging eyes remind me of a pug’s.

maybe but like i said, even if its legit shes gonna play it up....
very true but a pug is cute, this thing, is not lol

 

[Meowzers]

the way she describes her vision is like constantly having a pre-migraine aura, everything is all wobbly and fractured.
if her vision really is this unusually fucky, it HAS to be an effect from LSD abuse, on top of the side effects of all her other medications. she's just in a permanent drug trip, all the time. it's kind of sad. i can't accept the "i'm just so autistic and my sensory overload is so bad that i'm basically blind" explanation. it's so out there. it's gotta be the drugs frying her brain.
oh and she uses the cane in addition to her walker. the cane is to signal to other people that she's special and needs accommodations, as if the walker and general overall appearance wasn't enough i bet it's fun to haul all that shit around

oh and her amazon wishlist is full of braille shit. not just books on learning braille, but label makers to put braille labels around the house. she's taking this new blind identity really seriously.

Check out my list on Amazon

www.amazon.com

the black book of colors sticks out to me in particular because iirc that book was made specifically for blind people who have been blind since birth and have never seen color. you don't need that. god damn.

 

[Shanndog]

the way she describes her vision is like constantly having a pre-migraine aura, everything is all wobbly and fractured.
if her vision really is this unusually fucky, it HAS to be an effect from LSD abuse, on top of the side effects of all her other medications. she's just in a permanent drug trip, all the time. it's kind of sad. i can't accept the "i'm just so autistic and my sensory overload is so bad that i'm basically blind" explanation. it's so out there. it's gotta be the drugs frying her brain.
oh and she uses the cane in addition to her walker. the cane is to signal to other people that she's special and needs accommodations, as if the walker and general overall appearance wasn't enough i bet it's fun to haul all that shit around

oh and her amazon wishlist is full of braille shit. not just books on learning braille, but label makers to put braille labels around the house. she's taking this new blind identity really seriously.

Check out my list on Amazon

www.amazon.com

the black book of colors sticks out to me in particular because iirc that book was made specifically for blind people who have been blind since birth and have never seen color. you don't need that. god damn.

yes ! i agree, see this is what i was thinking also, amanda has always had to be the most disabled the most needy , the most low functioning, , the most oppressed, and yet she has accused other disableds as doing that, when its actually HER that is the one playing those little games, ooh yeah, i got curious and read a few other recent posts and i saw the amazon wish list as well.... did anyone get a look at her feelings towards her birthday present?? the pump machine ??!! eeewwww LOL , but yeah, she has always used '''autism'' and sensory stuff as a means to justify her so called needs and her behavior, kinda like that thomas wood guy in new hampshire who claims hes ''autistic and has CP''' and uses that as a guise for his freaky fetishes and disgusting behavior.

 

[A Detachable Penis]

okay sooo she's blind now? or more specifically, she's been 'low-vision' her whole life and just now accepted it and just got a white cane.
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she says she's not blind as in her eyes physically do not work. she's blind in a way where she CAN see but processes stuff in a special autistic way that makes her run out in front of moving cars because she can't see them fast enough, or something? i can only half-understand what she's saying in her tl;dr blog post about it. but what i'm gaining is that she's always been too autistic to see shit normally, people say she "looks blind" because she has a blank dead fish stare, and has been using accessibility stuff for blind people (screen readers etc) for a long time, which means she IS blind and therefore NEEDS the cane.
the picture she used for the post is horrifying btw. tw for epic unibrow

Cuz I’m Blind (Viernes de Baja Visión: Low Vision Friday)

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This is supremely retarded.

Even people with low vision dont walk out into traffic like goddamn speds. Plenty dont use canes cause they figure they get by well enough anyway, but she has to look blind and let everyone know how blind she is.

Sounds like shes again trying to steal from autists but since she isnt one, she doesnt fucking get it. People with autism may process visual information differently, but unless they are visually impaired, they dont act like they're blind. Cause they're not. They respond differently to what they do see. And interpret it differently. But they can goddamn see.

Far more common is auditory processing issues. Indeed, that and motor planning is why some autists are nonverbal. The ears work, but the brain dont.

Powerlevel: I've known two blind autistic kids. Neither walked into traffic. One was 'high functioning' and the other was not. Shes so retarded shes more retarded than retards.

 

[Shanndog]

This is supremely exceptional.

Even people with low vision dont walk out into traffic like goddamn speds. Plenty dont use canes cause they figure they get by well enough anyway, but she has to look blind and let everyone know how blind she is.

Sounds like shes again trying to steal from autists but since she isnt one, she doesnt fucking get it. People with autism may process visual information differently, but unless they are visually impaired, they dont act like they're blind. Cause they're not. They respond differently to what they do see. And interpret it differently. But they can goddamn see.

Far more common is auditory processing issues. Indeed, that and motor planning is why some autists are nonverbal. The ears work, but the brain dont.

Powerlevel: I've known two blind autistic kids. Neither walked into traffic. One was 'high functioning' and the other was not. Shes so exceptional shes more exceptional than exceptional individuals.

yes this is my take, it just another way for amanda to show off how ''disabled'' she is.

as far as autistic ears work but brain doesnt thats not true,t here brain is working but tey are not processing the information the right way, or att he same speed, but yes i get what your saying, i agree, , same man,i never seen even the more severe ones just walk into the street, and so many blind and low vision folks dont use canes or service animals, and even ones that do, they dont do it full time.

uuugh amanda is just easing further down the crazy lane, such an ever worsening self train wreck, its appalling and entertaining

 

[one_time_user]

funnily enough, Amanda may have taken inspiration yet again from another Burlingtonite. there's an obnoxious woman who used to be the dishwasher at BHS and I called her the fake blind woman.

she is legally blind probably but that bitch can see well enough to be able to recognize faces at 20 feet and yell at you if you told her to shut up the last time she cornered you. she has one of those sticks and will accidentally knock you with it and shouts at the kids on the bus to BHS. she's clearly some level of mental as much az some level of blind.

she harasses everyone, will follow you screaching about how she's worked for the HS for 20 years blah blah blah. she gets down to the bus station an hour before her bus, harasses people for 45 minutes and then goes to work. Amanda would absolutely know of her.

 

[Shanndog]

funnily enough, Amanda may have taken inspiration yet again from another Burlingtonite. there's an obnoxious woman who used to be the dishwasher at BHS and I called her the fake blind woman.

she is legally blind probably but that bitch can see well enough to be able to recognize faces at 20 feet and yell at you if you told her to shut up the last time she cornered you. she has one of those sticks and will accidentally knock you with it and shouts at the kids on the bus to BHS. she's clearly some level of mental as much az some level of blind.

she harasses everyone, will follow you screaching about how she's worked for the HS for 20 years blah blah blah. she gets down to the bus station an hour before her bus, harasses people for 45 minutes and then goes to work. Amanda would absolutely know of her.

oh wow, i would not be surprised but im kinda thinking shes gotten her inspirations from other blindies, but that is possible, i have heard ofher, but im not sure who it is, now at decker i did know a couple other folks who was faking disabilities there was a lady named jordan, who swore she was paralyzed and i thought she was, we all did, hell shed used a powerchair for years... and she said she became paralyzed from a hysterectomy that went wrong, thats what she told me......but a few years later i saw her walking with a folding laundry cart anda blind cane.... i was like, uuumm okaaaay,.

did this fake blind woman play blind when she worked at the high school ? i keep thinking hat is familiar, but i cant put my finger on it....

 

[A Detachable Penis]

I regret.


What brings me back to this thread, time and time again, is publications with this faker's name on it.

And here's why she ticks me off.

A mother of an autistic kid describing the effects of liars and fakes: parents get unrealistic expectations of their kids and people know shit all about actual autism.

Also makes one suspicious of those who write but dont talk much if at all, which is unfortunate because it definitely happens.

 

[Shanndog]

I regret.

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What brings me back to this thread, time and time again, is publications with this faker's name on it.
And here's why she ticks me off.

A mother of an autistic kid describing the effects of liars and fakes: parents get unrealistic expectations of their kids and people know shit all about actual autism.

Also makes one suspicious of those who write but dont talk much if at all, which is unfortunate because it definitely happens.

i see what you are saying. amandas writing here in this little snippet cant even follow, but while a lot of amandas writings DID make sense, she as i said before, she could h asve been agreat advocate / allie of the disabled, but no, she had to go and pretend and make herself a gimp because i guess beinga friend advocate and alllie was not enough ass-pat attention for her ....

as far as the other article, it brings up valid points, i remember seeing that one whenit came out, while its still not the best either as its giving credit to these so called FC communicators, thatis snake oil, it has been tested multiple times and proven to be the aide doing the typing, the disabled person is NOT typing, its not the client, and it certainly is not autonomous.

its very unfortunate because of amanda as big as she was in the disability world and advocacy world her and folks like her has done great damage to the disabled community and made it that much harder for actual disabled people to advocate--even when using proven valid autonomous communication ( sign, fully independent typing, aac devices ) to be heard listned to believed, and be took seriously,

and im sure you guys notice too-- in amandas writings and bloggings, ever since she gotcalled out againand again about the autistic thing, notice a lot of her talk has shifted, autism and cogntive stuff is not the focal point... she focuses on her physical medical ''ailments'' and hell it wasent til recently withthe blind thing, she has been too deep into ''because of mah tism'''---- ya know ? she has been for the longest time kinda mentioning that stuff more as a side note, off and on, not as the main focus like she used to----- and it stillgets me how in the 2009--2011 ish range, she got that powerchair loaded with high level supports, but now she walks with cane or walker, and not a blind cane..... tsktsktsktsk....she is one messed up cookie-- but a very interesting study nonetheless