Homo Aspergerus? Read this article.

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http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Features/W ... gerus.html

Yes, and it took long enough to produce the tools that let me be me.

In many ways I only started living about five years ago, before that I existed in a world that rejected me.

Now I sell books on the web, no people problems. Ordinary people were the problem.

Our problem was the isolation imposed by normals, now we have WP.

It is starting to grow off of WP, new projects of minds linking, and normals are out of the game.

It will take a few years, some self worth issues to overcome, but we are great.

Nice to read something so positive

I've long since given up trying to adapt to the NT social environment. The only way to survive, and thrive, is to learn to change your immediate environment to suit one's own needs. The current age of technology has just given us more tools to control our little piece of the world.

i've had the idea for quite some time that aspergers might just be the next phase of human evolution... nice to see I'm not alone in that...

Why would it be part of human evolution? I don't get it x: humans are social creatures, that's how they survive naturally in groups, yes? So being antisocial would defeat that. Then again I think humans stopped evolving because instead of changing to adapt to the world we are changing the world to adapt to us. We are far from a natural being x:

That was a great article. Very insightful.

Interesting, but a tad too self-serving, I think. He's right about many things, of course, but we're only in a brief period where our interactions are mostly by text and the like on the internet. Second Life is a great example of this - the moves are towards making the internet more like real life, and as we move further in that direction, those who don't do well with social contact are going to start finding themselves marginalised online. I also take issue with the broad brush with which he paints those with AS. I'm constantly connected - mostly by text, admittedly, and not voice, but still, I crave human contact, and so do many others with AS. It's just that I like it to be on my own terms.
Some exceptional individuals with AS have always made a big impact, it looks like it's always been so. But they're the exception, and I don't think that's likely to change. If there's a big increase in telecommuting, then it may become easier for those with AS to get and hold jobs, but I'm far from certain that we'll suddenly become the leaders in society. I have to say that I also hate the way that he wants to draw such a firm distinction between those with AS and those without. We're not a different species, that's the point. We're just people who see the world slightly differently.

OK, have at me with the flames.

That was really interesting.

So I read through and this bit bothered me:

MarieElana, are you sure you have Asperger's? It doesn't seem like that to me, if you think socializing is such a great thing and we're all disadvantaged. Maybe you're a double agent. Personally, I totally agree with the article.

Pretty good article.

It's said often that places like Silicon Valley are filled with people on the spectrum. It is also said that if you want to find people on the spectrum, one needs only to look in an engineering department--or science department. These people who know a lot about things are often on the spectrum. The kinds of skills that aspies exhibit seem to be the kind that are particularly in demand these days. It's not just the case of isolationism helping foster creative and original ideas; it may well also be their natural skills and inclinations that will make them useful in future environments.