PhotonBoy
Flashlight Enthusiast
Do some flashaholics have Asperger\'s Syndrome?
I've read a few articles regarding Asperger's Syndrome and I find that many of the symptoms described fit my own behavior. In one of the following articles, Michaelangelo's behavior is described:
"Michelangelo was aloof and a loner... Like the architect John Nash..., who also had high-functioning autism, he had few friends....
The scientists describe Michelangelo as "strange, without affect, and isolated" and "preoccupied with his own private reality", adding that his father and grandfather and one of his brothers all displayed autistic tendencies.
The pair conclude: "Michelangelo's single-minded work routine, unusual lifestyle, limited interests, poor social and communication skills, and various issues of life control appear to be features of high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome."
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/aspergers.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/87813/1/.html
Google search
[Edit, added] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger's_syndrome
I had to chuckle in the Yale article:
"Idiosyncratic interests are common and may take the form of an unusual and/or highly circumscribed interest (e.g., in train schedules, snakes, the weather, deep-fry cookers, or telegraph pole insulators).
I don't know anybody who would collect telegraph pole insulators. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
There also was a recent article in the New York Times. It might still be available. (at cost perhaps?)
I intend to dig into it further for my own sake. In my lifetime, my success has been limited due to my poor social skills.
I've read a few articles regarding Asperger's Syndrome and I find that many of the symptoms described fit my own behavior. In one of the following articles, Michaelangelo's behavior is described:
"Michelangelo was aloof and a loner... Like the architect John Nash..., who also had high-functioning autism, he had few friends....
The scientists describe Michelangelo as "strange, without affect, and isolated" and "preoccupied with his own private reality", adding that his father and grandfather and one of his brothers all displayed autistic tendencies.
The pair conclude: "Michelangelo's single-minded work routine, unusual lifestyle, limited interests, poor social and communication skills, and various issues of life control appear to be features of high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome."
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/aspergers.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/87813/1/.html
Google search
[Edit, added] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger's_syndrome
I had to chuckle in the Yale article:
"Idiosyncratic interests are common and may take the form of an unusual and/or highly circumscribed interest (e.g., in train schedules, snakes, the weather, deep-fry cookers, or telegraph pole insulators).
I don't know anybody who would collect telegraph pole insulators. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
There also was a recent article in the New York Times. It might still be available. (at cost perhaps?)
I intend to dig into it further for my own sake. In my lifetime, my success has been limited due to my poor social skills.
