Deception and Asperger's
Ok, so I wasn't completely on target about ALL programmers failing deception tricks. Nonetheless, it seems true that autism/asperger's works against deception...Why? Because people with autism assume...
View ArticleMore on Asperger's in College
Dawn Prince-Hughes is an adjunct prof. of anthropology at Western Washington University and has just written a nice piece of the Chronicle of Higher Education on Understanding College Students with...
View ArticleAsperger's versus Non-Verbal Learning Disability or NLD
So what's the difference between non-verbal learning disability and Asperger's Syndrome? The NLD line defines non-verbal learning disability (NLD) as follows: What is NLD? Nonverbal learning...
View ArticleAS and Spriitual Issues
I've made mention of the "spiritual lives" of AS individuals in past Blogs, but I'm increasingly convinced that the concepts are "too vague" or ambiguous for most AS individuals to be attracted to....
View ArticleAsperger's, sense of self, Magnolia
I spoke with a young woman college student yesterday who talked about "feeling lost" since shedding many of her AS qualities. "I miss being alone with my books and being able to lash out at people...
View ArticleJust Bloggin..
This may be a bit over the top, but my former student asst. with AS really liked it: tellio II : How I Teach and Why It Is So Hard. Quote: "I have tried to convince them that weblogs are the most...
View ArticleBen and Jerry's Ice Cream, The War in Iraq, and Campus Wide Strikes
I won't be blogging on Wednesday March 5 in support of the Keene State College campus wide strike to stop the war in Iraq. "Books not Bombs" will be the message that Professor Tony Stavely and I will...
View ArticleHistory of Asperger's
I am sitting in my office (yes on a Sunday) with my student, Jeremy, talking about the history of Asperger's. It's interesting that Kanner (in the US) and Asperger (in Austria) came up with similar...
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