# Mel Baggs

> Mel Baggs was an American non-binary writer and disability rights advocate with a focus on developmental disability self-advocacy. They were most well-known for their blog posts and YouTube videos about autism, although they wrote about a variety of disability experiences and disliked being thought of as an "autism blog[ger]". Baggs described themselves as "cognitively disabled, physically disabled, chronically ill, developmentally disabled, and psychiatrically disabled". As an adult, they did not speak and used a communication device.

*American blogger (1980–2020)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mel-baggs

## Identity
- **Profile type:** YouTuber ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15222076))
- **Category:** YouTubers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1980-08-15
- **Died:** 2020-04-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** non-binary

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvD6JM03QizmoyK5BCCkklg (@UCvD6JM03QizmoyK5BCCkklg)
- **WEBSITE**: https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/

## Sources
- [Mel Baggs](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Baggs)
- [Amelia Baggs](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Baggs)
- [Mel Baggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Baggs)
- [Amelia Baggs](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Baggs)
- [آماندا بگز](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DA%AF%D8%B2)
- [Amanda Baggs](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Baggs)
- [멜 백즈](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%9C_%EB%B0%B1%EC%A6%88)
- [Беггс, Аманда](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B3%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4080459)

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