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Awiddershinlife
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15 Jul 2014, 9:19 pm

KB8CWB wrote:
:P Even tho I am an old fart, I do appreciate the youngers here as have learnt much of who I am today. I didn't have the fortune of being diagnosed as a child. Consequently much of what I did on learned on the fly by trial and error in an attempt to fit in. Looking back I did a miserable job and only reason I was tolerated was my talent at programming (PLCs) before they were taught in places of higher learning. Was quite in demand as colleges didn't teach such things back then. Now of course they have programs for controls engineering and won't even give me a second look and with my other medical issues, I am pretty much unemployable these days. Not complaining, at least I had a stab at a somewhat normal life that otherwise may not have had.


I am in my 6th decade. One was either institutionalized or not back then. I think this was a great gift. Auctually, I had a dream childhood. Lots of freedom and outdoor play. I could beat up anyone who didn't leave me alone. I was raised in an aspie family so my mom taught me lots of tricks to get by. There was no NCLB, so I could just nestle into a crack and mature at my own rate. What they do to aspies today would have driven me mad.


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20 Aug 2014, 12:46 pm

"Despite speculation that Sheldon's personality traits may be consistent with Asperger syndrome, obsessive?compulsive personality disorder and asexuality,[5][7] co-creator Bill Prady has repeatedly stated that Sheldon's character was neither conceived nor developed with regard to any of these traits.[7]"
a little wikipedia can go a long way.
http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/14/come-up ... -aspergers
however one of the great artist of german expresionism was a mentally unstable pedophile ands another was a scitzofrenic and im pretty sure beatoven was a child savant. if you wanted to try and look for famous or at least notable people with mental illness or who are gifted in various ways i would think that i would be suprised if there hadent already been a artist at certian points who had it. the germans were pretty big into the art of the mentally ill and or people who were in general considered outsiders for a while and its kinda still a thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art
id be extremly amazed if you couldnt find someone on this list who had autism.