I’ve read many times that Asperger’s Syndrome is a mild form of Autism. In really simple metrics this is true, but at the same time, that is an entirely unhelpful comment. My reasoning here is that if you tell someone that you have a mild form of autism, then they will likely think that it [...]
Can you recognise an Aspie from the way they write? I’m fairly sure you can, if you know what to look for. My own style of writing has always attracted attention. At school I did well in English classes, especially where creative writing was required. My homework assignment stories were often longer than those of [...]
There’s a medical word for it – comorbidity. I dislike the word, so I’m not going to use it. Instead, I’m simply going to talk in terms of additional diagnosable conditions that run alongside Asperger’s. I’ve digested a lot of information about Asperger’s – from online resources, and from some books too. Something that stands [...]
One day, I realised I had Asperger’s Syndrome. How did I reach this conclusion? I read an article on the Wikipedia, and saw how the traits that are common in the condition were a good fit for me. I made a leap of faith, and I’ve not looked back since. Once I’d done this, I [...]
I’ve taken a look back at what I’ve written here over the last couple of months and I’m a little amazed at myself. There’s a lot of powerful and profoundly personal thoughts expressed, and some pieces of writing that I’m very proud of. My little retrospective through what I’ve written has left me wondering if [...]
I grew up as a man of science. Both my parents worked in the sphere of science – they met when they both joined a large corporate producer of chemicals as their first jobs out of University. My mother later retrained as a teacher – more specifically a chemistry teacher, and my dad stayed with [...]
The ever thought-provoking John Elder Robison has an interesting new article on his Look me in the eye blog regarding some research work that he is involved in as a test subject. The experimentation involves looking at brain plasticity, which is the ability for your brain to make connections – to learn things – and [...]
I dare say that thinking makes everyone tired. The trouble with Asperger’s is that a lot of what makes a typical day for everyone – meeting people, having conversations, driving places etc, doesn’t work quite so automatically for me. If you don’t have Aspergers, then instinct and intuition govern many of the conversations you’ll have [...]
My interaction with the world is governed absolutely by logic. I know that this applies to everyone, but from simple observation I see that most people can easily override the logic they apply to things with a little common sense. I rarely manage to do this. This was most-recently brought home to me a little [...]
Via a friend’s twittering, I recently saw a link to a new digital camera that was coming out. I clicked through and took a very brief look. The page I saw was this. I’m not a photography fanatic, but I do like gadgets. I quickly took in the big facts – it’s one of those [...]
If you enjoyed the post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed.
© 2012
Powered by WordPress. Design by 
Recent Comments