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Am I On the Wrong Planet? (in NorthenVirginia Magazine)

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KenG
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02 Mar 2009, 9:55 am

"Born without the capacity to empathize, people with the high-functioning form of autism known as AsPerger’s Syndrome often feel displaced and, coincidentally, misunderstood":
http://www.northernvirginiamag.com:80/h ... s-sydrome/


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02 Mar 2009, 10:25 am

The article was better than most on autism except saying autistic people don't have empathy which we all know that is WRONG.


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02 Mar 2009, 1:29 pm

Yeah, glaring error in the headline, undermining much good in the article. But they interviewed people on the spectrum, which is very good. I left a comment.