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Answer, but No Cure, for a Social Disorder That Isolates Many
NY Times ^ | April 29, 2004 | AMY HARMON

Posted on 04/29/2004 12:06:59 PM PDT by neverdem

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1 posted on 04/29/2004 12:07:00 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: Dark Wing
ping
2 posted on 04/29/2004 12:09:41 PM PDT by Thud
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To: pollywog
Here's the article Rush was reading.
3 posted on 04/29/2004 12:10:59 PM PDT by sinkspur (Adopt a dog or a cat from an animal shelter! It will save one life, and may save two.)
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To: neverdem
Heh... is this the same Slimes piece that another freeper is in a tizzy about? has to be.
4 posted on 04/29/2004 12:11:07 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: fourdeuce82d; Travis McGee; El Gato; JudyB1938; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; ...
The story was mentioned by Rush today.
5 posted on 04/29/2004 12:12:12 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi min oi)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126355/posts
6 posted on 04/29/2004 12:12:36 PM PDT by 68skylark (.)
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To: neverdem
If this is the story Rush was talking about, no wonder he made fun of it, it is begging to be made fun of. It reads less like a serious article on a subject and more than a coming out pity party and people making excuses for themselves.
7 posted on 04/29/2004 12:13:15 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: cyborg
IT IS A TYPE OF AUTISM. I HAVE THIS DISABILITY. dont make fun of it!
8 posted on 04/29/2004 12:13:17 PM PDT by Benherszen
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To: Benherszen
Ben, I will never make fun of it. I know people with it. Good for you for sticking up for yourself.
9 posted on 04/29/2004 12:14:18 PM PDT by merry10
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To: cyborg
Aha! My systems analyst ex-husband expained at long last!
10 posted on 04/29/2004 12:15:05 PM PDT by annyokie (There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
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To: neverdem
Big article in "Wired" magazine about a year ago.

http://earthops.org/aspergers.html
11 posted on 04/29/2004 12:15:22 PM PDT by js1138 (In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
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To: neverdem
How interesting. I'm inclined to lump this kind of thing under, "Duh, people are different!" But I suppose it's helpful for some people to have a name put the particular way they are different from others. Whatever works.
12 posted on 04/29/2004 12:15:31 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I was swimming with dolphins whispering imaginary numbers in the fourth dimension.)
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To: neverdem
Ah yes, another syndrome. Just one more excuse in the "I'm not responsible" file!
13 posted on 04/29/2004 12:15:37 PM PDT by Shane
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To: neverdem
Bump for later. This sounds like a childhood friend of mine to a tee.
14 posted on 04/29/2004 12:16:10 PM PDT by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Go Toomey Go!!!)
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To: Benherszen
You misunderstand me. I'm not making fun of this illness. It's NOT funny. I don't find anyone's illness humorous. I'm referring to another thread in FR.
15 posted on 04/29/2004 12:16:14 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: neverdem
>"She'll say something about how terrible her clothes look," Mr. Jorgensen explains. "I'll say, `Yes, honey, those are terrible-looking clothes,' when really she's wanting some affirmation that her clothes don't look terrible."

So the cure for this problem is to watch a season of Queer Eye and Dating Story?

16 posted on 04/29/2004 12:16:36 PM PDT by Dialup Llama
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To: Benherszen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126808/posts
17 posted on 04/29/2004 12:16:55 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: Benherszen
There are so many clueless freepers on these threads about autism and it's more than a little disappointing. My daughter is on the spectrum, diagnosed at 17. Then I could understand, in a small way, what she was going through. Don't let the naysayers get you down. Forgive them their ignorance and hold your head high.
18 posted on 04/29/2004 12:17:45 PM PDT by sarasota
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To: Benherszen
I have Asperger's. Why one earth would someone make fun of it? It's one of the more unpleasant things one can have..
19 posted on 04/29/2004 12:18:49 PM PDT by AntiGuv (When the countdown hits zero - something's gonna happen..)
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To: neverdem
There is a lack of tolerance for "wierd" kids? You wouldn't know it by what you see in today's society.
20 posted on 04/29/2004 12:20:20 PM PDT by vpintheak (Our Liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain!)
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