tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post1174524509870003238..comments2024-03-14T18:26:18.208-07:00Comments on autism's gadfly: Will research into mathematical ability be the salvation of autistics?jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-82688064308738356532011-09-23T02:14:26.013-07:002011-09-23T02:14:26.013-07:00I Agree with SM69. While one cannot wait (!!!!) fo...I Agree with SM69. While one cannot wait (!!!!) for science, - since one is living ( more or less ) here and now. It is extremely difficult to try to advice science too. I am a sceptic as to how science should be able to fix my day, as to how I should fix science tomorrow, and sceptic to anything should fix anything but the smallest of hints ...tankerjagda-kaj-genellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478673067323677519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-14965937998372072262011-07-18T14:03:42.526-07:002011-07-18T14:03:42.526-07:00I think this sort of research is more important to...I think this sort of research is more important to the field of cognition than it is to autism. <br /><br />yes well summed up:<br /><br />autistic traits --> good<br />autism --> bad.<br /><br />..."In many cases the social problems are so profound that they overshadow everything else. In some cases, however, the problems are compensated by a high level of original thought and experience. This can often lead to exceptional achievements in later life."<br /><br />Incredible that we still do not have any sort of prevalence studies regarding the various Autism sub-phenotypes. It is too convenient to lump all of these conditions together and the DSM-V will not help resolving this problem, other than it will cause the most successful and vocal AS people to desert the label all together. Perhaps we can then have more peace and focus on the more affected people. <br /><br />This grouping of conditions under the A word is an oversimplification that gives a false sense of truth, it gives the illusion to these researchers, SBC included to actually work on Autism.SM69https://www.blogger.com/profile/16239400845268784984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-86500413966070022232011-07-17T18:25:25.261-07:002011-07-17T18:25:25.261-07:00Save y'all a lot of huffin' an' a puff...Save y'all a lot of huffin' an' a puffin' and a researchin'.<br /><br />autistic traits --> good<br />autism --> bad.<br /><br /><br />Asperger <a href="http://conversationalhysteria.blogspot.com/2010/07/autistic-psychopath-in-childhood-one_15.html" rel="nofollow">said it all</a> in 1943.Socrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525104555859213125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-3895400605346994042011-07-17T15:54:13.481-07:002011-07-17T15:54:13.481-07:00My eldest son's A's in math come from a Mo...My eldest son's A's in math come from a Mother with a BSc in Engineering and a homeschooled during the summer redo of the Gr 3 curriculum.<br /><br />No savant here... just a decent education by his Mother to fill in the holes left by the school system.<br /><br />Roll's eyes....farmwifetwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680758336779501712noreply@blogger.com