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Mel Baggs
American blogger (1980-2020) · United States · On the map · YouTubers · Died at 39
Mel Baggs was an American non-binary writer and disability rights advocate with a focus on developmental disability self-advocacy.
Mel Baggs is read about 46 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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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.
