Re: NYTimes.com Article: Answer, but No Cure, for a Social Disorder That Isolates Many

[Guest guest]

>

> United by their newfound identity, Asperger adults, so used

> to being outcasts, are finding themselves part of an

> unlikely community. Through online and in-person support

> groups, many are for the first time sharing the pains and

> occasional pleasures of feeling, as one puts it, " like

> extraterrestrials stranded on earth. "

>

> Emboldened by the strength of their numbers, they are also

> increasingly defying, or at least exploring, how to bend

> the social rules to which they have tried so hard to adapt.

>

>

> Some brag about their high scores on the " autism quotient "

> test, developed by Cambridge University as a measure of

> autism in adults. " What's your `Rain Man' talent? " asked a

> recent subject line on an Aspie e-mail discussion list,

> referring to the movie starring Hoffman as an

> autistic savant. Answers included perfect memory for phone

> numbers and " annoying people by asking awkward questions. "

>

Okay, so who is happy about being spied on? I thought the point of

these groups was saying what you wanted without being judged by the

outside world.

That is just creepy. I hope the writer got permission , and if so it

should have been mentioned in the article. We shouldn't have to feel

we have to edit ourselves or risk having our point of view written

down in the newspaper.

Good article otherwise, I'm glad it is out there:) I learned I had

PDD young but I kept meeting people that I suspected had a form of

autism.

[Guest guest]

I had thought she interviewed people?

Norah

>

> Reply-To: AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse

> Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 00:02:12 -0000

> To: AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse

> Subject: Re: NYTimes.com Article: Answer, but No Cure, for

> a Social Disorder That Isolates Many

>

> That is just creepy. I hope the writer got permission , and if so it

> should have been mentioned in the article. We shouldn't have to feel

> we have to edit ourselves or risk having our point of view written

> down in the newspaper.

[Guest guest]

>Okay, so who is happy about being spied on? I thought the point of

>these groups was saying what you wanted without being judged by the

>outside world.

>

>That is just creepy. I hope the writer got permission , and if so it

>should have been mentioned in the article. We shouldn't have to feel

>we have to edit ourselves or risk having our point of view written

>down in the newspaper.

>

>Good article otherwise, I'm glad it is out there:) I learned I had

>PDD young but I kept meeting people that I suspected had a form of

>autism.

>

>

Not spying. She asked questions, made it known from the beginning exactly why

she was asking, and used

the information she was given.

[Guest guest]

> That is just creepy. I hope the writer got permission , and if so

it

> should have been mentioned in the article. We shouldn't have to

feel

> we have to edit ourselves or risk having our point of view written

> down in the newspaper.

> >

>

> She asked for comments in AutAdvo

> (health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AutAdvo) and people replied. No

> spying. All on the up-and-up.

I didn't see it written in the article. If so, cool, if not,...not

quite so cool. I " m glad I asked or I would have stopped posting