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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes Donovan, people are quite intolerant of those
with brain maladies. One can have a disease of the heart and folks bring
you a casserole. A kidney disease and they cut your grass a couple of
times. Have a liver issue and they run your kids to and from school.
But Donovan, suffer from a disease of just another organ, the brain, and you are
a kook, whacky, nuts, loonie tunes etc. I guess it's the last socially
acceptable bigotry; and rampant, even among those who posture as tolerant and
compassionate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hang in there man. You WILL overcome.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Someday.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-T</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A
title=tonytime@clearwire.net href="mailto:tonytime@clearwire.net">'Tony'</A> ;
<A title=ophite@gmail.com href="mailto:ophite@gmail.com">'Andreas Schou'</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 30, 2007 6:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Aspergers Defined</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A person with AS may have trouble understanding the emotions of other
people: the messages that are conveyed by facial expression, eye contact and
body language are often missed. They <STRONG><U>also might have trouble
showing </U></STRONG><A title=Empathy
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy"><STRONG>empathy</STRONG></A><STRONG><U>
with other people. Thus, people with AS might be seen as egotistical, selfish
or uncaring. In most cases, these are unfair labels because affected people
are neurologically unable to understand other people's emotional
states.</U></STRONG> They are usually shocked, upset and remorseful when told
that their actions are hurtful or inappropriate.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Difficulty reading the social and emotional messages in the eyes - People
with AS don't look at eyes often, and when they do, they can't read them.
</DIV>
<OL>
<LI>Making literal interpretation - AS individuals have <U><STRONG>trouble
interpreting colloquialisms</STRONG></U>, sarcasm, and metaphors.
<LI>Being <STRONG><U>considered disrespectful and rude - prone to egocentric
behavior, individuals with Asperger's miss </U></STRONG><A
title="Sensory cue"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_cue"><STRONG>cues</STRONG></A><STRONG><U>
and warning signs that this behavior is inappropriate.</U></STRONG>
<LI>Honesty and deception - children with Asperger's are often considered
"too honest" and have difficulty being deceptive, even at the expense of
hurting someone's feelings.
<LI>Becoming aware of making social errors - as children with Asperger's
mature, and become aware of their inability to connect, their fear of making
a social mistake, and their self-criticism when they do so, can lead to <A
title="Social phobia"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_phobia">social phobia</A>.
<LI>A sense of <A title=Paranoia
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia">paranoia</A> - because of their
inability to connect,<U> <STRONG>persons with Asperger's have trouble
distinguishing the difference between the deliberate or accidental actions
of others,</STRONG> </U>which can in turn lead to a feeling of paranoia.
<LI>Managing conflict - being unable to understand other points of view can
lead to inflexibility and an inability to negotiate conflict resolution.
Once the conflict is resolved, remorse may not be evident.
<LI>Awareness of hurting the feelings of others - <STRONG><U>a lack of
</U></STRONG><A title=Empathy
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy"><STRONG>empathy</STRONG></A><STRONG><U>
often leads to unintentionally offensive or insensitive
behaviors</U></STRONG>.
<LI>Repairing someone's feelings - <U>lacking </U><A title=Intuition
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition">intuition</A><U> about the
feelings of others, people</U> with AS have little understanding of how to
console someone or how to make them feel better.
<LI>Recognizing signs of boredom - inability to understand other people's
interests can lead AS persons to be inattentive to others. Conversely,
people with AS often fail to notice when others are uninterested.
<LI>Introspection and self-consciousness - individuals with AS have
difficulty understanding their own feelings or their impact on the feelings
of other people.
<LI>Clothing and personal hygiene - people with AS tend to be less affected
by peer pressure than others. As a result, they often do what is comfortable
and are unconcerned about their impact on others.
<LI>Reciprocal love and grief - since people with AS have difficulty
emotionally, their expressions of affection and grief are often short and
weak.
<LI><STRONG><U>Understanding of embarrassment and </U></STRONG><A
title="Faux pas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faux_pas"><STRONG>faux
pas</STRONG></A><STRONG><U> - although persons with AS have an intellectual
understanding of embarrassment and faux pas, they are unable to grasp
concepts on an emotional level. </U></STRONG>
<LI>Coping with criticism - <U><STRONG>people with AS are compelled to
correct mistakes</STRONG></U>, even when they are made by someone in a
position of authority, such as a teacher. For this reas</LI></OL>
<DIV><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers</A></DIV>
<OL>
<LI><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</LI></OL>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
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stated:<BR><BR>"How the Hell do you know [a member of our community] is not
genuinely<BR>afflicted with Aspergers Syndrome or Autism?<BR><BR>If it is
true that a member of our community suffers from some disease
that<BR>incapacitates him/her mentally, rendering him/her non-responsible
for<BR>his/her acts in public (or online) if/when (s)he fails to take
his/her<BR>medicines . . . <BR><BR>Why isn't (s)he under adult supervision
24/7?<BR><BR>Or should we (as they did at Virginia Tech) wait until classes
begin?<BR><BR>Thoughts?<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow,
Idaho<BR><BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities
of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net
<BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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