TRIB MAKES IT UP AS THEY GO ALONG on Aspergers

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WHAT IS ASPERGER'S?
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Published: Apr 10, 2007

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WHAT IS ASPERGER'S?
This disability of the brain comes under the umbrella of autism. People with Asperger's syndrome have an unusual collection of gifts, sensitivities and deficits that may seem odd to the world at large but don't prevent them from building families, careers and independent lives.

Aspies or Asparagus, as they sometimes like to be called, often have average or above average intelligence, a Monty Python-esque sense of humor and an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure topics.

Common traits

•Lucid speech before age 4. Grammar and vocabulary are usually excellent, but speech is sometimes stilted.

•Obsessive behavior

•Movements tend to be awkward

•Extreme sensitivity or desensitivity to sounds, smells, textures
Oh yeah??? that sounds more like the symptoms of the shit you spray on my car and in my yard .... HAHAHA. Busted.

•Inability to read social cues or fit in with peers; sometimes trusting and naive, fail to understand sarcasm, and become victims of bullying and teasing

•In adulthood, many live independently, working and raising families. Many use their obsessions as college professors, computer programmers and engineers.

Celebrity cases

Notable people said to have or have had Asperger's:

•Comedian Dan Aykroyd

•Physicist Albert Einstein

•Mathematician Isaac Newton

•Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

•Microsoft founder Bill Gates

Source: Center for the Study of Autism



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