I fully endorse the comment that Aspergers Syndrome is best not described as an illness - it's a *difference*. People with AS are every bit as sound as neurotypical people. In a sense it's like being black - when it was left to the whites to champion the black cause, their white-centred thinking could never quite cut it somehow, black voices were essential before any real progress could be made. Ditto with AS: there are plenty of neurotypical "experts" on the condition, but nobody without AS can really know the condition from the inside, however many they've met. Their insights can be valuable, but if you want the full picture, ask the Aspie.
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I fully endorse the comment that Aspergers Syndrome is best not described as an illness - it's a *difference*. People with AS are every bit as sound as neurotypical people. In a sense it's like being black - when it was left to the whites to champion the black cause, their white-centred thinking could never quite cut it somehow, black voices were essential before any real progress could be made. Ditto with AS: there are plenty of neurotypical "experts" on the condition, but nobody without AS can really know the condition from the inside, however many they've met. Their insights can be valuable, but if you want the full picture, ask the Aspie.
May 4, 2009 - 12:34pmThis Comment
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