Mel Baggs
| Date of birth | August 15, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Mountain View, California, USA |
| Date of death | April 11, 2020 |
| Place of death | Burlington, Vermont, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Pronouns | sie/hir[1] |
| Gender identity | genderless lesbian[2] |
| Occupation | Autism activist |
Mel Baggs was a well-known autistic activist blogger.[3] Baggs created a website titled "Getting the Truth Out", a response to a campaign by the Autism Society of America. Sie claimed that the ASA's campaign made autistic people objects of pity.[4] Sie also spoke at conferences about disabilities, and worked with Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists that were researching autism.[5]
In January 2007, Baggs posted a video on YouTube entitled In My Language[6] describing the experience of living as an autistic person, which became the subject of several articles on CNN.[7][8][9] Baggs also guest-blogged about the video on Anderson Cooper's blog[10] and answered questions from the audience via email.[11]
Baggs died on April 11, 2020 at the age of 39 in Burlington, Vermont; hir mother said that the cause of hir death was believed to be respiratory failure.[4]
References
- ↑ "Transgender day of visibility". April 2015.
- ↑ "I'm a genderless lesbian and…". June 2016.
- ↑ Brown, Lydia (12 April 2020). "On Mel Bagg's untimely death". Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). Retrieved 9 June 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Genzlinger, Neil (28 April 2020). "Mel Baggs, Blogger on Autism and Disability, Dies at 39". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Smith, Harrison. "Mel Baggs, influential blogger on disability and autism, dies at 39". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 April 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Baggs, Mel (14 January 2007). "In My Language". YouTube. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
- ↑ Gajilan, A. Chris (February 22, 2007). "Living with autism in a world made for others". CNN. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ↑ Gupta, Sanjay (20 February 2007). "Behind the veil of autism". CNN. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ↑ Abedin, Shahreen (21 February 2007). "Video reveals world of autistic woman". CNN. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ↑ Baggs, Mel (February 21, 2007). "Why we should listen to 'unusual' voices". CNN. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ↑ Baggs, Mel (22 February 2007). "Amanda Baggs answers your questions". CNN. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
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