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Michelle, have you seen the new Newsweek?       09/02/03 07:49 PM Edit Reply Quote BL Reged: 06/01/03 Posts: 3522 I got my new issue (Sept. 8) of Newsweek today and the cover story is on kids with autism. I thought about you since it mentions Asperger's syndrome. "People with Asperger's are like saltwater fish forced to live in fresh water. We're fine if you put us into the right environment. But when the person and the environment don't match, we seem disabled," it said a patient once told his doctor. The article is based on a Cambridge University psychologist's new thesis that autism is just an exaggerated version of the male profile, an extreme fondness for rule-based systems, coupled with an inability to intuit people's feelings and intentions. According to this article, if this doctor is right then autism is not just a disease in need of a cure. It's a mental style that people can learn to accommodate. Sometimes it's even a gift, the article says. Thought you might be interested in reading this, if you haven't already. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator

Entire thread Michelle, have you seen the new Newsweek? BL 09/02/03 07:49 PM Re: Michelle, have you seen the new Newsweek? ecmmbm 09/03/03 03:52 AM Re: Michelle, have you seen the new Newsweek? torbetta 09/03/03 10:29 AM Praying that Luke has a much better day! --nt-- BL 09/03/03 04:55 AM Re: Some improvement... ecmmbm 09/03/03 11:12 AM Re: Some improvement... BL 09/03/03 02:17 PM Re: Some improvement... Lana_Marie 09/03/03 02:55 PM Re: Some improvement... Lana_Marie 09/03/03 11:19 AM

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