How is having autism or Asperger's a great thing?
That's what a college student with Asperger's asks in a letter to Age of Autism:
...a small, new camp is emerging from within the Autistic community of Aspies who believe AS and even Autism in general is a great thing....Whenever asked about how Autism has benefited them, they make irrelevant connections to their redeeming qualities such as photographic memories, musical talent or computer skills. Oddly enough, none of these qualities can be found in the DSM-IV on Autism. Furthermore, there are people out there who possess all of these skills and are not Autistic. The pro-Autism party tries to claim that Autism makes people intelligent, when it's entirely possible that Autism's environmental triggers tend to affect those of high intelligence.
His name is Jake Crosby, and he's a student at Brandeis University. Do you agree with him?
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Comments (2)
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My son has a photographic memory, talk himself to read and tell the time. Im sure this would not have happened had he not had Aspergers. It certainly didnt with my older and youn...
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Intense focus is my Aspie son's greatest strength. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have that without Aspergers.
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