Larry Welkowitz's Radio WeblogDiscussing Asperger's Disorder and other Psychology topicsJust Bloggin..- January 31, 2003 This may be a bit over the top, but my former student asst. with AS really liked it: tellio II : How I Teach and Why It Is So Hard. Quote: "I have tried to convince them that weblogs are the most protean tool for learning ever made. Like a furnace and anvil, a weblog can make most of its own learning tools. It is self-contained yet all-connected. It is portable yet it is rooted. It is an imaginative journal with a lock and key yet it is fearlessly open to modification and criticism. It...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105977/2003/01/31.html#a75 Asperger's, sense of self, Magnolia- January 31, 2003 I spoke with a young woman college student yesterday who talked about "feeling lost" since shedding many of her AS qualities. "I miss being alone with my books and being able to lash out at people whenever I please." She also said that she misses her "obsessive" special interests. Now she mostly thinks about her friends and social activities and so on. She says that she's depressed and no longer has a real sense of who she is. I've heard a similar story from another male.http://radio.weblogs.com/0105977/2003/01/31.html#a74 AS and Spriitual Issues- January 29, 2003 I've made mention of the "spiritual lives" of AS individuals in past Blogs, but I'm increasingly convinced that the concepts are "too vague" or ambiguous for most AS individuals to be attracted to. Their concerns are more "real world" following the dictum, "If I see it, then I'll believe it," rather than "If I believe it, then I'll see it." Of course, my inquiries are limited to just a few AS individuals so far.http://radio.weblogs.com/0105977/2003/01/29.html#a73 Asperger's versus Non-Verbal Learning Disability or NLD- January 18, 2003 So what's the difference between non-verbal learning disability and Asperger's Syndrome The NLD line defines non-verbal learning disability (NLD) as follows: What is NLD Nonverbal learning disorders (NLD) is a neurological syndrome consisting of specific assets and deficits. The assets include early speech and vocabulary development, remarkable rote memory skills, attention to detail, early reading skills development and excellent spelling skills. In addition, these...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105977/2003/01/18.html#a72 More on Asperger's in College- January 17, 2003 Dawn Prince-Hughes is an adjunct prof. of anthropology at Western Washington University and has just written a nice piece of the Chronicle of Higher Education on Understanding College Students with Autism. Unfortunately, I can't link you to the article because the Chronicle requires membership to read the online version (you'd think higher ed. folks would be more enlightened!). She supports my idea that we can't just change the student with Asperger'sAutism, but must educate those...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105977/2003/01/17.html#a71 Deception and Asperger's- January 8, 2003 Ok, so I wasn't completely on target about ALL programmers failing deception tricks. Nonetheless, it seems true that autismasperger's works against deception...Why Because people with autism assume that all people have access to the same information (one reason why there is no reason to talk to other people). They don't differentiate among people, assuming we're all carrying the same stuff in our heads. Programmers, as a geeky friend of mine tells me, may be ok at...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105977/2003/01/07.html#a70 |