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Yes, you seem to have done a good job.

As for judging the content of the report, it is good that the narrators try not to over-emphasize the negative aspects of the condition, like certain people tend to do. There are a few broad generalizations made (that people with AS all have really good memories, that they can't understand irony, that they feel affection but can't express it, etc.) that might not hold in every case, but all in all I thought the reporting was refreshingly unbiased.

computerlove,

BTW Be assured that I, and I am sure most, LIKE your self deprecating attitude! It is a nice trait. I was just saying that you did better than you let on.

I consider myself fluent in reading and writing. In fact, teaching myself vocab and "translating" DVD's by writing down the subtitles is one of my "special interests." I'm horrible and speaking and listening, though. I'm actually hyperlexic in learning Spanish, just like I was in learning English. Amazing, really. I can memorize grammar and vocab like you wouldn't believe, but I can't actually use it constructively to converse with people. I'm not good at spontaneously thinking of something to say, translating it in my head and all that. I have a real knack for learning languages, but they won't do me any real good because I can't converse, which is really what you need it for...
-OddDuckNash99-

here's the text of the second video, it's in spanish, if anyone wants to translate it, be my guest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy1s4yZba-c

"no sé lo que me quieres decir cuando son tus ojos los que hablan", una frase que perfectamente podría decir una persona afectada por el síndrome de Asperger, ya que no entienden el lenguaje no verbal.
Esto, no significa que no puedan llevar una vida normal.

(boy talks)
- ...pues yo voy a trabajar, regreso, y voy a la academia, al mercado o a las exposiciones...

(then he mentions his job position)
- Auxiliar administrativo, La Coruña(?), Madrid(?)

25s
- A Miguel le encanta inventar sus fantasías, y el modelismo es su gran afición. Tampoco descarta llegar a ser escritor algún día.

(boy talks)
-Me entretiene mucho hacer recortables (?), lo encuentro bastante entretenido, y luego estoy escribiendo unas memorias, que a ver cuando las publico, y si se publican me pongo a escribir novelas ¡como un loco!

47s
- Los síntomas característicos del síndrome de AS suelen ir acompañados de una inteligencia intacta, también de paciencia, como cuenta Miguel al hacer sus maquetas

(boy talks)
- esta, tres meses, el hacer los arbotantes fue lo más complicado, y todas estas figuritas, pero es la más rara(?) que ...(?) que tengo realmente interés es ...(?) ella

1:10
- ante la limitación de las capacidades de relación social, Miguel asegura que estar solo es su forma de divertirse

(boy talks)
- yo cuando necesito relacionarme, me relaciono, con cualquier otra persona, por ejemplo tengo que preguntar a una persona donde está tal calle, pues lo pregunto, y ya está. O cuando voy a una tienda y necesito información sobre una cosa, la pregunto; o sea que yo me relaciono con cualquier otra persona normalmente, pero mi forma de divertirme es estar solo, o sea, a mí me entretiene el estar sólo. Me pongo a imaginarme mis fantasías ¡y ya está!, así me divierto.
Pero mucha gente me dice que ¿cómo no me aburro?, y a mí, desde el estar ...(?)... me resulta aburrido

1:59
- todos los viernes se reúne con sus amigos para realizar diversas actividades, como jugar a los bolos, visitar museos, o interpretar.

(boy talks)
... es un gabinete, y hacemos algún tipo de conversación, platicar algún tema, algún juego, hacer como actores, algún tipo de escena, o sea, interpretar.


- la interpretación como actores es una terapia que les permite y les ayuda a interpretar situaciones cotidianas de la vida cotidiana en las que, muchas veces, se sentirían perdidos.


end of video

OK, I TRIED, mostly while half asleep this morning at 2am!

"I don't know what you want to say when you speak to me with your eyes", is a phrase that a person affected with Aspergers is perfectly able to say, they can't understand non verbal language.
This, does not mean that they can't live a normal life.

(boy talks)
- ...since I go to work, return, and go to the university, to the market or the exhibitions...

(then he mentions his job position)
- Administrative assistant, La Coruña(?), Madrid(?)

25s
- Miguel enjoys creating from his imagination, and working with models is his great addiction. Neither discards the ability to be an author some day.

(boy talks)
-I amuse myself a lot by making cutouts, it is entertaining enough, and later I will write a memoir, to be seen when it is published, and if I am able to write novels that are published. That would be CRAZY!

47s
- The Characteristic Symptoms of Aspergers give Miguel the intelligence, and patience, Miguel requires to make his models

(boy talks)
- this, three months, for him to make "The flying fortresses" made it more complicated, and all the little figures, but is the most rara(?) que ...(?) That I have a real interest in is ...(?) ella

1:10
- before the limitation of social relation capacities, Miguel assures that one can amuse themselves while being alone.

(boy talks)
- when I need to relate, I relate, with each other person for example I have to ask a person where is tal street, , then I ask it, and that is it. Or when I go to the store and need information about something, I ask it or to see that I relate to another person normally, but I can entertain myself, or I know,
I can entertain myself. I am able to imagine my fantasies. And that is it!, So I'm amused. But many people ask me How am I not bored?, and to me, until it is ...(?)... I end up bored

1:59
- every friday one reunites with friends to do various activities, such as to play los bolos, visit museums, or to perform.

(boy talks)
... is a cabinet, and creates a type of conversation, to chat about some theme, some play, to perform like actors, some type of scene, or know, to perform.


- The performance as actors is a therapy that permits them, and helps them to perform daily situations of the daily life in that, many times,one can feel the loss.


end of video

I found that the best way to learn a second language is to hang out with people who are trying to learn English and speak the language that you're trying to aquire. That way you can fill in each other's gaps.

Por eso yo puedo hablar Espanol confortable en publico.

But I still can't remember how to write the squiggle over the n and accents on the computer. DOH!

Oh, and I had a little advantage because when I was in my twenties my mom married a Mexican national. That helps. But I also tutored Spanish speakers who were trying to learn English.

I am taking Beginning Spanish now but my NT mom is from Central America {not Mexico} so I speak a little Spanish from what I know. My class at school sucks because I do not like the way my teacher is teaching it.

Any Aspies from Spanish-speaking countries?

Hablar Aspergers?

THANKS computerlove,

Yeah, I didn't bother to translate that word. 8-( I forgot. And I just lost track of time. Anyway, thanks for the cleanup, etc...

I WILL get better. Spanish is the LAST language I tried to go back to, and my goal is only to know at LEAST the top 1000 words in each. It will probably be more like 3000 though. Of course, with english, I'm probably only going to ADD perhaps a few hundred.

Maybe later this year I can concentrate on grammer and conjugation. Ironically, I think German has the hardest grammer, and I might do the best with that.

BTW Thanks for the transcript.

Steve

I don't know Spanish. I'd love to learn a foreign language, but I would have to be able to keep my concentration on actually getting it done.