tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post7753560889371669362..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Autism - a mystery wrapped inside an enigmaTedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-30832644938121488872008-07-11T19:09:00.000-04:002008-07-11T19:09:00.000-04:00Its always interesting to hear from professionals ...Its always interesting to hear from professionals their opinions of Autism and AS. As an adult who was only diagnosed with AS recently, I can completely understand where Dewey's son is coming from--I was very much the same way. And yet nobody, not even myself, realized that there was an underlying reason for my "different" behavior!Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108897586586146730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-60354816061970515622007-08-03T22:02:00.000-04:002007-08-03T22:02:00.000-04:00Ha ha, true.Ha ha, true.Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-81679723379152822052007-08-03T07:34:00.000-04:002007-08-03T07:34:00.000-04:00Hmm, old story - AS or not!Hmm, old story - AS or not!Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-18626723657949752112007-08-02T22:09:00.000-04:002007-08-02T22:09:00.000-04:00Oh, that's interesting. I rarely see my son seemin...Oh, that's interesting. I rarely see my son seeming disadvantaged in any way but socially, and that's only in certain ways. Like he has tons of male friends, but he's less comfortable with girls, though he finds them attractive. It's just that he finds the sort of girl who would never date a "geek" attractive, whereas when the geek girls ask HIM out, he isn't interested.Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-32001881542862940932007-08-02T20:10:00.000-04:002007-08-02T20:10:00.000-04:00That's amazing! It's one of the interesting things...That's amazing! It's one of the interesting things about AS - isn't it? That word deficit is just not right. Of course there are areas where we see deficits but then there are frequently kids with extraordinary intelligence, areas of remarkable skill, an unusual attention to detail (at the expense of the whole). It's why some are so in favor of thinking of those with AS as a sub-group of our species who have developed differently - with different liabilities and different advantages.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-24728808512429827412007-08-02T19:57:00.000-04:002007-08-02T19:57:00.000-04:00"A lack of language delay" indeed! My son with AS ..."A lack of language delay" indeed! My son with AS could read at age 2. No one tried to teach him. He was just on his dad's lap one day, waiting to be read a library book, but his dad was talking to me, and he got tired of waiting. So he just started reading the book aloud himself, shocking us speechless.Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.com