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Awiddershinlife
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09 Aug 2009, 3:21 pm
Awiddershinlife
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09 Aug 2009, 3:26 pm
What diagnosis would you give this child?
Quote:
The Biography of Thomas Edison
By Gerald Beals Copyright © 1999 All Rights Reserved
"... Thomas Edison was more responsible than any one else for creating the modern world .... No one did more to shape the physical/cultural makeup of present day civilization.... Accordingly, he was the most influential figure of the millennium...."
The Heroes Of The Age: Electricity And Man
Surprisingly, little "Al" Edison, who was the last of seven children in his family, did not learn to talk until he was almost four years of age. Immediately thereafter, he began pleading with every adult he met to explain the workings of just about everything he encountered. If they said they didn't know, he would look them straight in the eye with his deeply set and vibrant blue-green eyes and ask them "Why?" (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html)
By Gerald Beals Copyright © 1999 All Rights Reserved
"... Thomas Edison was more responsible than any one else for creating the modern world .... No one did more to shape the physical/cultural makeup of present day civilization.... Accordingly, he was the most influential figure of the millennium...."
The Heroes Of The Age: Electricity And Man
Surprisingly, little "Al" Edison, who was the last of seven children in his family, did not learn to talk until he was almost four years of age. Immediately thereafter, he began pleading with every adult he met to explain the workings of just about everything he encountered. If they said they didn't know, he would look them straight in the eye with his deeply set and vibrant blue-green eyes and ask them "Why?" (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html)
Mrs. Goodbody, Tommy’s 1st-grade teacher shared:
Quote:
At age seven - after spending 12 weeks in a noisy one-room schoolhouse with 38 other students of ll ages - Tom's overworked and short tempered teacher finally lost his patience with the child's persistent questioning and seemingly self centered behavior. Noting that Tom's forehead was unusually broad and his head was considerably larger than average, he made no secret of his belief that the hyperactive youngster's brains were "addled" or scrambled (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html).”
Photo illustrating Edison's large skull circumference:
Quote:
Instead, when his beloved mother - whom he recalled "was the making of me... [because] she was always so true and so sure of me... And always made me feel I had someone to live for and must not disappoint." - became aware of the situation, she promptly withdrew him from school and began to "home-teach" him. Not surprisingly, she was convinced her son's slightly unusual demeanor and physical appearance were merely outward signs of his remarkable intelligence. (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html)
When completing the Vineland II, Nikola Tesla shared,
Quote:
"He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene" and that, "His method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90% of the labour. But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and practical American sense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison)."
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Awiddershinlife
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Awiddershinlife
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15 Aug 2009, 1:57 pm
DeaconBlues wrote:
The Wikipedia entry on Nikola Tesla. I also recommend looking further into Tesla's life, particularly during the period when he first moved from Croatia to the US.
Thanks Deacon Blues!
DSM IV wrote:
Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:
(C) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interest or achievements with other people, (e.g.. by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people)
(D) lack of social or emotional reciprocity
(C) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interest or achievements with other people, (e.g.. by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people)
(D) lack of social or emotional reciprocity
http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/TeslaBio.htm wrote:
Tesla shunned physical contact with other people, with a special aversion to touching hair. To avoid shaking hands with people he met, he lied that he had injured his hands in a laboratory accident. He apparently never took part in a romantic relationship of any kind. A female acquaintance who grew enamored of Tesla reportedly once took the initiative to kiss him, causing the startled inventor to flee in agony.
Tesla at age 38
Tesla at age 38DSM IV wrote:
(II) Restricted repetitive & stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
(A) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of
(A) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla wrote:
Tesla engaged in reading many works, memorizing complete books, supposedly having a photographic During his early life, Tesla was stricken with illness time and time again. He suffered a peculiar affliction in which blinding flashes of light would appear before his eyes, often accompanied by hallucinations. Much of the time the visions were linked to a word or idea he might have come across; just by hearing the name of an item, he would involuntarily envision it in realistic detail. Modern-day synesthetes report similar symptoms. Tesla would visualize an invention in his brain with extreme precision, including all dimensions, before moving to the construction stage; a technique sometimes known as picture thinking. He typically did not make drawings by hand, instead just conceiving all ideas with his mind. Tesla also often had flashbacks to events that had happened previously in his life; this began to happen during childhood.[22]
http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/TeslaBio.htm wrote:
Tesla asserted that it was not until he reached adulthood that he discovered he was an inventor. He discounted his early years as a time of undisciplined impulses, entirely lacking focus. But he did invent a wide array of creations and schemes as a child. The young Tesla created a remarkable machine powered by another natural energy source: June bugs (or, as Europeans call them, May bugs). He glued sixteen of the live insects to the blades of a small windmill-like structure, and they set the rotor spinning vigorously in their vain attempt to fly away.
[quote=”DSM IV”]
(III) The disturbance causes clinically significant impairments in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
[/quote]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla wrote:
Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in history or popular culture,[5] but due to his eccentric personality and his seemingly unbelievable and sometimes bizarre claims about possible scientific and technological developments, Tesla was ultimately ostracized and regarded as a mad scientist.[6][7]
richie
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Awiddershinlife
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21 Aug 2009, 11:51 pm
Tollorin
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26 Aug 2009, 6:45 pm
Awiddershinlife wrote:
What diagnosis would you give this child?
Mrs. Goodbody, Tommy’s 1st-grade teacher shared:
Photo illustrating Edison's large skull circumference:
When completing the Vineland II, Nikola Tesla shared,
Quote:
The Biography of Thomas Edison
By Gerald Beals Copyright © 1999 All Rights Reserved
"... Thomas Edison was more responsible than any one else for creating the modern world .... No one did more to shape the physical/cultural makeup of present day civilization.... Accordingly, he was the most influential figure of the millennium...."
The Heroes Of The Age: Electricity And Man
Surprisingly, little "Al" Edison, who was the last of seven children in his family, did not learn to talk until he was almost four years of age. Immediately thereafter, he began pleading with every adult he met to explain the workings of just about everything he encountered. If they said they didn't know, he would look them straight in the eye with his deeply set and vibrant blue-green eyes and ask them "Why?" (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html)
By Gerald Beals Copyright © 1999 All Rights Reserved
"... Thomas Edison was more responsible than any one else for creating the modern world .... No one did more to shape the physical/cultural makeup of present day civilization.... Accordingly, he was the most influential figure of the millennium...."
The Heroes Of The Age: Electricity And Man
Surprisingly, little "Al" Edison, who was the last of seven children in his family, did not learn to talk until he was almost four years of age. Immediately thereafter, he began pleading with every adult he met to explain the workings of just about everything he encountered. If they said they didn't know, he would look them straight in the eye with his deeply set and vibrant blue-green eyes and ask them "Why?" (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html)
Mrs. Goodbody, Tommy’s 1st-grade teacher shared:
Quote:
At age seven - after spending 12 weeks in a noisy one-room schoolhouse with 38 other students of ll ages - Tom's overworked and short tempered teacher finally lost his patience with the child's persistent questioning and seemingly self centered behavior. Noting that Tom's forehead was unusually broad and his head was considerably larger than average, he made no secret of his belief that the hyperactive youngster's brains were "addled" or scrambled (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html).”
Photo illustrating Edison's large skull circumference:
Quote:
Instead, when his beloved mother - whom he recalled "was the making of me... [because] she was always so true and so sure of me... And always made me feel I had someone to live for and must not disappoint." - became aware of the situation, she promptly withdrew him from school and began to "home-teach" him. Not surprisingly, she was convinced her son's slightly unusual demeanor and physical appearance were merely outward signs of his remarkable intelligence. (http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html)
When completing the Vineland II, Nikola Tesla shared,
Quote:
"He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene" and that, "His method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90% of the labour. But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and practical American sense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison)."
Well, Edison seem with his curiosity been a "gifted" child. Nothing hint me for asperger though... That he looked in the people eyes make also lose points to the idea he has aspie. Nikola Tesla seem more likely, he was weird that's for sure. Cavendish could had been asperger, or just shy...
There is Paul Dirac who is quite likely to had been a asperger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac
26 Aug 2009, 9:52 pm
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