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Review of a book by a thirteen year old boy with Aspergers
The Geek Syndrome High occurence in Silicon Valley
There's even a cheeky Asperger's term for the rest of us - NTs, "neurotypicals."
For all we know, the first tools on earth might have been developed by a loner sitting at the back of the cave, chipping at thousands of rocks to find the one that made the sharpest spear, while the neurotypicals chattered away in the firelight.
The old line "insanity is hereditary, you get it from your kids" has a twist in the autistic world. It has become commonplace for parents to diagnose themselves as having Asperger's syndrome, or to pinpoint other relatives living on the spectrum, only after their own children have been diagnosed.
....a high school for high-functioning kids in Moraga, California, calls Asperger's syndrome "the engineers' disorder."
In Microserfs, novelist Douglas Coupland observes, "I think all tech people are slightly autistic."
Tony Attwood.com/ A guide for parents, professionals, people with Asperger's Syndrome, and their partners. Links and books from him.