Re: Radical New Autism Theory

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If I ever meet the people who wrote that article, I'll give 'em a resounding "DUH!"Why did no one think of this before?= M-F.>I cam across this article that explains why people with aspergers orautism seem to not be lack emotion or empathy.

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That's interesting Randall!

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:26:14 AMSubject: Radical New Autism Theory

I cam across this article that explains why people with aspergers orautism seem to not be lack emotion or empathy. Here is how the article starts out: “People with Asperger’s syndrome, a high functioning form of autism, areoften stereotyped as distant loners or robotic geeks. But what if whatlooks like coldness to the outside world is in fact a response to beingoverwhelmed by emotion—an excess of empathy, not a lack of it?â€http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-11/a-radical-new-autism-theory/“I can walk into a room and feel what everyone is feeling. The problemis that it all comes in faster than I can process it.â€I could find myself in this article and relate to it. That is why I tryto avoid being in situations where I have to be around lots of people.Or try to rush through those situations as fast as I can.Maybe this is why we are sensitive to

sounds and have eye irritants too.We are being overwhelmed. I feel overwhelmed in situations that most people don't and that is whymost people don't understand what I deal with and why it can bedisabling. Otherwise we are forced to endure a torturous amount to oursenses and emotional state. Read the article here:http://www.thedaily beast.com/ blogs-and- stories/2009- 05-11/a-radical- new-autism- theory/-Randall