asperger syndrome

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• Gary McKinnon let down

  
  Mad World — Authority: 128
  Theres a really good piece in the Guardian about the Gary McKinnon case the decision by Alan Johnson to allow him to stand trial in the US.
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• The Difference

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 144
  I often describe Aspergers to people in the following way: Imagine that you are dropped into an alien society in which the language is completely different than what youre used to and the mores and world views are radically different too. Not only do you feel bewildered by your surroundings, but you soon come to ...
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• The Day the Music Died

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 144
  For Don McLean , the music died on a cold February night in 1959 when Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and The Big Boppers tiny chartered plane did a nosedive into a frozen Iowa cornfield (see the story below). The music died for me much later -- though I no longer remember the exact year -- when my maternal ...
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• Growing up with Asperger’s: 10-year-old adapting to his world

  
  Waleed Nassar — Authority: 410
  Inside and out, Brandon’s world looks and feels different. Whimsy doesn’t exist. It’s just facts, figures, rules and structure. Little things get to him: Changes in temperature, the sensation of the silverware on his tongue, the sounds of the furnace kicking on. Many of the things that we barely notice, ...
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• 11.25 The Cooler

  
  The Smoking Section — Authority: 661
  Kelly Doll, Carnal Inspiration Zoe Saldana In Details Magazine [The Cutie Blog] House Drops “Mike Tomlin” Reference [With Leather] Advice From Yourself At All Ages [College Humor] Boy With Asperger’s Syndrome Rode Subway For 11 Days Straight [Black Book] LAPD Finds Pot Growing 25 Feet From Police ...
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• Story Of Runaway Asperger’s Boy Proves Futility Of Trying To Keep It Together

  
  The Awl — Authority: 761
  If you’ve got tissues nearby, get them out now: A 13-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome ran away from home and spent nearly two weeks in the NYC subway system before being found by a MTA worker who recognized his face from a missing-person poster. Apparently afraid of being scolded for not concentrating at ...
  3 days ago

• Scared and Silent, Runaway, 13, Spent 11 Days in the Subways

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Francisco Hernandez Jr., who has Aspergers syndrome, disappeared after a scolding in school.
  4 days ago

• Mercedes offers a glimpse into life with Asperger’s disorder

  
  Waleed Nassar — Authority: 410
  Mercedes Jones is not your average 11-year-old girl. She’d rather watch the Discovery Channel than “American Idol.” She followed the 2008 presidential election closely, spending hours watching the news networks and debating the merits of the candidates with her class. She would like to go into politics — if ...
  5 days ago

• Empathy

  
  Veiled Glory — Authority: 116
  Had some “Aha!” internet stumbling around today. The fruit of which is the following articles: Aspies Empathize Too Much and Remarks on Autism and Catholicism Follows up nicely on the Love and Vocation post I wrote a couple weeks ago.  
  6 days ago

• Asperger’s Syndrome: Gumby and Wolverine

  
  Heart of the Matter Online — Authority: 558
  Asperger’s Syndrome: a body like Gumby with a mind like Wolverine’s core being Our son has always had a body he could do weird things with. He pops his jaw in and out of socket. He manipulates his fingers in a way that cracks and pops like wood on a fire. His neck twitches in a way that I sometimes wonder if he ...
  1 week ago

• A study to avoid

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  A new study by an M.D. from John Hopkins School of Medicine was on the newswire, reporting that "Children with autism lag behind their classmates in the area of handwriting and can benefit from targeted therapies to improve those skills." When I came across this article I blinked several times, wondering if I was ...
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• All Over the Damn Map

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 144
  In the comments section of one of my earlier posts, a few of us have been having a discussion about personality types, particularly those on the Jung- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) scale. Cym suggested that I take one of the free online tests and then report the results. She further suggested that I invite ...
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• I Feel Your Pain

  
  The Rambling Taoist — Authority: 144
  When a colleague, friend or loved one experiences a serious physical or emotional hurt, its not uncommon for most people to say something like, "I feel your pain" and mean it genuinely. Empathy is the ability to feel another persons anguish as if it is your own. Like so many people with Aspergers Syndrome, I am ...
  1 week ago

• Four Months

  
  I'm Not Hannah — Authority: 113
  Yall. Before I get started, let me just say that I was in the process of crafting responses to your comments on the last post (thoughtful responses...amusing and hepcat responses) when I moved my hand wrong and all of them disappeared. The computer was thoughtful enough to beep at me, reproachfully, before they all ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wolves vs. Foxes: Are Children with Autism Listening in Class?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  One of the early indicators of an Autism Spectrum Disorder is a lack of traditional response to sounds and language, such as a child not responding to his name being called or not attending when being spoken to. However, does that mean that children with Autism are not listening and understanding what we say? Many ...
  2 weeks ago

• What Does It Mean to “Be” Autism?

  
  The Bi-College News Online — Authority: 140
  By Michael Novinson The world of autism often seems like a theater filled with people and deprived of oxygen—nearly any noise is treated like shouts of “fire.” So the media covered the latest controversy—a video produced for Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism advocacy group – like any other ...
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• Recommended Reading for November 10

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 663
  Transcript from Melissa Barton Interview This is a transcript of Sharon daVanport’s interview with Melissa Barton for the Asperger Women’s Association. Melissa’s son Alex was voted out of his kindergarten class Survivor-style by his teacher, Wendy Portillo, in May 2008; Alex has Asperger Syndrome. The Bartons ...
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• Transcript: AWA interview with Ari Ne’eman and Paula Durbin-Westby of ASAN

  
  Sweet Perdition — Authority: 399
  This is a transcript of the November 2, 2009 appearance of ASAN’s Ari Ne’eman and Paula Durbin-Westby on AWA Radio with Sharon daVanport. Sharon daVanport: Hello everyone and welcome to AWA Radio. This is Asperger Women’s Association’s official talk time. Today is Monday, November 2 and we have quite ...
  2 weeks ago

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