Asperger Syndrome Support Group

So..... go get a grant, fund a study, and publish a paper????

*ducks from coming attack

The logic of you're post is confronting. Most publications written by NTs on Asperger never appear in tune with the disorder. They do not have any real insight.

My Clinical Psychologist is an Aspie and we made a connection immediately. She explains information in a way I have no problem understading and the insight is comforting.

Jonellefa...Temple Grandin is an author with a diagnosis of Aspergers. She is an agricultural engineer. She has written several books and they are very good. Probably her best known book is "Thinking in Pictures."

She coauthored a book "Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships" with Sean Barron. He is also Aspergers. It is a very detailed book with loads of information.

Sean Barron along with his mother Judy wrote "There is a boy in here" which is excellent.

Temple Grandin's mother wrote a book about raising Temple "A Thorn in my pocket".

"Born on a Blue Day" was written by a person with Aspergers.

Check your public library for subject matter "aspergers" or "autism" then read the info about the book and the author and I am sure will discover other books.

These books are not actually "research" but nevertheless, are fascinating accounts.

Good luck in your journey...

how about aspies researching neurotypicals?

http://isnt.autistics.org/

I have noticed that cause and symptom, that conclusions and statical data seem kind of off. Big difference between knowing a lot about something and UNDERSTANDING the internal process. Especially since, to a certain degree MORE than NT's, AS people are individualistic and form by choice/environment their own particular coping mechanisms and neural pathways through and around the areas of difficulty. It will take many years and input from all along the spectrum to generate truly conclusive demographic.

As far as "Aspies studying NT's"...Isn't that what we do 24/7/365? Our conclusions seem also to tend toward non-scientific or non objective since we see and process the way WE do. Obviously it will take input from both sides.
Perhaps this could be seen as an object lesson for the many societal polarizations, from politics to philosophy, to such things as odd to me as rabid sporting team rivalry.

As far a Author's:

I'm pretty sure Marcus Aurelius was A/S....there's a lot of insight in his writing about the way we perceive and respond to the world.

Walt Whitman has a lot of tendencies.

Norbert Weiner had a lot to say about the way the mind works...perception, logic, etc.

Bear with me with this parallel:
If you are studying guitar and have no knowledge of music, that kind of impairs and divides your effort...yet if you are well-versed in music theory then it would seem to be simplicity itself to apply that to any and all instruments.
If you want to know something about an individual's perception and response to the world, I would think that a background in Literature, History, Cultural Anthropology, and philosophy would be as valuable and essential as knowledge of relatively young fields such as child-development, psychology, statistical theory and behavioral studies.
They call it "The big picture" because it IS.
In the end, what we're ALL really searching for is our place in that big picture rather that pert little pop culture quick answers or classification in the pages of a text-book.

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
Robert A. Heinlin.

WOW...AquaeGrannus..that was some bit of information...I am breathless just reading it. I do believe you are well versed in literature and very sharp!

Seriously, I enjoyed that so feel free to share your tidbits of knowledge anytime...Gram