I’m trying to separate my articles by placing them on the site that they’re most applicable. Hopefully this will help each site be more relative to its visiting audience.
This means my posts will be split between (presently) three sites:
www.JoeLevi.com: “Greener Living through Technology,” local involvement/activism, self-defense, and self-reliance.
Natalie.JoeLevi.com: personal and family stuff, Asperger’s Disorder/Asperger’s Syndrome, parenting, raising children, yadda yadda.
“Kiriana Cowansage can run complex neuroscience experiments and sketch beautiful portraits. She melts at the sight of an animal, but she balks at the concept of love. Such paradoxes define women with Asperger’s syndrome.1
Asperger’s Disorder is very interesting in that it effects primarily males and seems to be genetic, being passed from father to son. It’s rare to come across a female with Asperger’s Disorder, what’s more interesting is how AS presents girls compared to boys. Psychology Today has an interesting profile on just such a person, and she’s quite extraordinary.
“Kiriana Cowansage can run complex neuroscience experiments and sketch beautiful portraits. She melts at the sight of an animal, but she balks at the concept of love. Such paradoxes define women with Asperger’s syndrome.1
My oldest son was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (also called Asperger’s Disorder) when he was very young (one of the youngest to be positively diagnosed in the state of Utah). For those of you who don’t know, Asperger’s is erroneously classified as “mild autism.”
AS is one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) that is characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills. It is considered to be part of the autistic spectrum and is differentiated from other PDDs and from high functioning autism (HFA) in that early development is normal and there is no language delay. It is possible for people with AS to have learning disabilities concurrently with Asperger syndrome. In these cases, differential diagnosis is essential to identify subsequent support requirements. Conversely, IQ tests may show normal or superior intelligence,[1][2] and standard language development compared with the delays typical of classic autism. The diagnosis of AS is complicated by the lack of adoption of a standardized diagnostic screen, and, instead, the use of several different screening instruments and sets of diagnostic criteria. The exact cause of AS is unknown and the prevalence is not firmly established, due partly to the use of differing sets of diagnostic criteria.1
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults.
Wired.com has an unscientific test which can help you determine if you have any autistic traits. I scored 27. What did you score?Tweet
My son has Asperger’s Syndrome, a learning and behavioral disorder that is often mis-categorized as “a form of mild autism.” Luckily my son is very high functioning compared to most others with Asperger’s. I’m always interested in reading stories about other children with disorders similar to that which my son has, and today I came across a video report of a story I’d heard on the radio not long ago.
When the autistic team manager of a high school basketball team got his chance in the spotlight, he shattered everyone’s expectations by scoring 20 points in four minutes. Steve Hartman has more. [Watch Video ]
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