kcredden
March 28th, 2008, 12:58 PM
Since I have two lady friends who have boys with Asperger's, and other factors dealing with autism, I'm constantly reading up on this. Found something that may interest others who don't know about this puzzling disorder.
CNN writes:
Asperger's: My life as an Earthbound alien
One CNN manager recently learned -- at 48 -- that she has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. Today she shares an inside view of life with the condition.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Recently, at 48 years of age, I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. For most of my life, I knew that I was "other," not quite like everyone else. I searched for years for answers and found none, until an assignment at work required me to research autism. During that research, I found in the lives of other people with Asperger's threads of similarity that led to the diagnosis. Although having the diagnosis has been cathartic, it does not change the "otherness." It only confirms it.
more here (http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/28/autism.essay/index.html)
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This I hope helps people really understand what people with this really go though, and see the world as. It really helps me, and hopefully it makes me a much more empathic person, especially with people with debilitating problems.
- Kc
CNN writes:
Asperger's: My life as an Earthbound alien
One CNN manager recently learned -- at 48 -- that she has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. Today she shares an inside view of life with the condition.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Recently, at 48 years of age, I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. For most of my life, I knew that I was "other," not quite like everyone else. I searched for years for answers and found none, until an assignment at work required me to research autism. During that research, I found in the lives of other people with Asperger's threads of similarity that led to the diagnosis. Although having the diagnosis has been cathartic, it does not change the "otherness." It only confirms it.
more here (http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/28/autism.essay/index.html)
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This I hope helps people really understand what people with this really go though, and see the world as. It really helps me, and hopefully it makes me a much more empathic person, especially with people with debilitating problems.
- Kc