Diverse+Learning

A web 2.0 software that I think almost everyone uses is Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg one of the creators of Facebook is autistic, and can’t see individuality or understand it. “He can only understand what human want through the hive mind”. He created Facebook a massive machine to help him figure out people. With this being said Facebook is user friendly for people with a disability such as autism because they are having live interactions with people on the web.

I think facebook would be a great site for someone with that disability because it gives them the opportunity to use social skills with people that they normally would not be able to have. Knowing that one of the creators suffers from autism is amazing and it shows that he was not only thinking of himself when creating this social network but, he was also thinking of other people with the same disability. The only way that a person with autism would not be able to operate this social network would be if people didn’t put their information onto the site. I don’t think that they would be able to understand the people on their friends list. Facebook lets everyone put pictures, music, and up date their statuses so that everyone will know how you feel and what type of person you are, which helps people that suffer from autism.

In order to use this web 2.0 site, the only thing that an autistic person would need to know is how to sign up, post pictures, and interact with people. This should be very easy for an autistic person, and they will understand their friend or people a little bit better. I think if in a school setting, we let our children interact with one another or some family member on the social network, we can be the judge to see if it actually improves their social skills.

Reference Articles http://www.care2.com/causes/dumb-and-dumbed-down.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/09/zadie_smith_social_network_autism/ http://www.webicina.com/autism/autism-related-community-sites-facebook-groups-and-forums/