who's playing this game?
witch:
Quote from: gali on 2005 August 18, 13:18:28
Witch, too bad you were caught on cheating...:). When and where it was - your avatar keeps secrets unrevealed...:).
Ah well, Dolores was a townie who fell in love with both the male romance sims in my house. Simon asked her to move in and they celebrated with a woohoo. Unfortunately Spock arrived home from work at the very worst moment and full of love unfulfilled, proceeded to make his feelings clear to Dolores. :)
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Hi Kristalrose. Our neighbour's son has Aspergers Syndrome, he is intensely interested in RPGs and computers. In fact he introduced me to Neverwinter Nights. :) My partner & I are also computer addicts, and sometimes I wonder if we verge on Asperger-like behaviours. It's all a continuum after all. Anyway, this chap used to pop over frequently and kind of give monologues no matter what we were doing. It became quite onerous until his dad told us what was going on and it all became clear. Now it's fine because we understand we can say to the guy, 'Hey, sorry, this isn't the right time for us, we are busy eating a meal, why don't you come back in 60 minutes.' He doesn't take offense at this, but he's pretty prompt returning at the 60 minute mark! Interesting people. Must be hard to live with. My son is dyslexic - or whatever the current buzzword is - means he has trouble reading and writing. Can build car motors and scale tall buildings though, so has different intelligences. It seems odd that we place so much emphasis on reading and writing now, when bulk humans have only used those skills in the last few hundred years.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: witch on 2005 August 19, 01:05:35
Hi Kristalrose. Our neighbour's son has Aspergers Syndrome, he is intensely interested in RPGs and computers.
I keep hearing this mysterious "disease", and I'm convinced it is complete and utter rubbish created to pigeonhole and defame. It's purely a fictitious creation intended to claim that "nerd" peoples have something wrong with them. This is balderdash. Why, have you seen the what they have in psychology books now? I guarantee if you read through one, you will find that you have at least one of the problems. Yet I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with you. It's absurd.
witch:
Whether you label Aspergers a behavioural trait or a syndrome, it definitely exists. There are measurable behaviours and responses. It probably always has been part of humanity, one book I read talked about the 'old uncle who never married and who's hobby is writing down the numbers of trains' or collecting matchboxes or whatever. A certain type of eccentricity. People like this often did not marry because they were not capable of sustaining those emotional sorts of relationships, now however they all live in Silicon Valley and are dating and mating and breeding. ;)
Sandilou:
Kristalrose, Aspergers Syndrome is one of the saddest conditions around, simply because children are not visibily different from the outside, so other children see their behaviour as 'weird' and often initially treat them unfairly due to ignorance. Alot depends on how informed the other children are, and on their ages.
I've taught different children at different levels on the spectrum over the years in mainstream classes. Educating the other children who come into regular contact with anyone with the condition is essential to prevent bullying, and to give children on the spectrum a chance to learn how to socialise without fear.
It is hard all round. I've worked with children on the spectrum who, due to previous negative experiences, don't want to have friends of their own age, and rely on the safety of adult company during break/playtimes to minimise chances of being bullied. That's a challenging barrier to overcome because children need to feel safe before they can contemplate learning anything new.
However the nature of AS is so vast that it seems wrong to box and label children with the condition; I worked with a child that all the immediate professionals (including the educational psychologist) thought was on the spectrum, but when formally assessed was deemed to not score high enough on the spectrum to earn the label. This was partly because that child exhibited appropriate facial expressions and gave eye contact, could maintain friendships, had learned to read and write, was basically numerate. Yet that child showed obsessive behaviour the like of which I've not seen since! (Except on the news.) ;D
laeshanin:
Asperger's certainly exists and I can attest to the issues it has for anyone living with the syndrome, but it is certainly not a "disease". I work with a number of young people with this diagnosis and they all present very similarly in that they have a lack of empathy, a need to control their environment, some ritualistic behaviour and intense sustained interest in odd subjects. Some may even have a second diagnosis bolted on to their condition and have a learning disability as well, maybe even mental heath issues. However, it is not an effort to label people (a mighty task that all social workers avoid to the point of sometimes being too phlegmatic), particularly children, but a short hand method of understanding WHY someone has the behaviours. Understanding means that better behavioural plans can be developed, and changed as the young person begins to work towards better social skills.
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