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Beautiful Mind
- Thread starter Gunner
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Stories about autism produce some of the most interesting anecdotes in science.
NPR did a story awhile ago about some 18-year old autistic kid who was taking multi-variable calculus as a freshman and sounded like a typical kid on the radio, but was rated autistic because of some high degree of anti-social behavior that didn't sound any worse that extreme shyness.
I was thinking this kid will probably save the world and he's constantly being told something is wrong with him because he doesn't readily open up to people.
I'd rather have one Stephen Wiltshire or the kid on NPR than 50 of the useless waste of space I see going to high school every day.
NPR did a story awhile ago about some 18-year old autistic kid who was taking multi-variable calculus as a freshman and sounded like a typical kid on the radio, but was rated autistic because of some high degree of anti-social behavior that didn't sound any worse that extreme shyness.
I was thinking this kid will probably save the world and he's constantly being told something is wrong with him because he doesn't readily open up to people.
I'd rather have one Stephen Wiltshire or the kid on NPR than 50 of the useless waste of space I see going to high school every day.
Greed, should public funds be used to assist autistic children?
Obviously not. Individuals who find value in assisting autistic children should be free to assist them, and individuals who don't find value in assisting autistic children should be free to not assist them.
If the individual who finds it valuable wants others to help as well, then he needs to convince people to see it his way and not use force, through the government, to coerce others to fund his particular crusade.
Is the nature of a principle still so foreign to you that you would ask such a simple question?
BCK,
this description sounds much more like a person with asperger's syndrome, which is similar to autism with regard to the deficit in social norms, but lacks the component of mental retardation.
Wouldn't that be the case for the original post as well?
I do remember some hoopla some time ago regarding some official reclassification for Asperger. I forget what the exact controversy was though, but I remember autism and Asperger mentioned together.
We're old.CR,
"BCK"
That means you've been around these boards for a long time.
QueEx
asperger's syndrome is listed within the "spectrum" of autism because they share some similarities.
though some may view it as an over-simplification, asperger's is autism without the mental retardation.
a non-fiction example is that there was a man with asperger's who participated in the reality competition show "the amazing race".
a fictional example of asperger's was provided in the movie "adam" and the television show "grey's anatomy"
CR,
"BCK"
That means you've been around these boards for a long time.
QueEx
not chest thumping at all, but i can remember when the POLITICS board was me and like 4 other people.
