Handbook for dealing successfully with your beloved nerd. Thanks, elfs.

Detailed Aspie quiz. I'm not. I knew that. If you don't know, Aspie is short for a person with Asperger's Syndrome, which is in the autism spectrum of neurological variations. Thanks, pgdudda.

In Systemizing vs. Empathic characteristics I'm apparently stone average (although a little on the male side in empathy).

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article on Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that produces a distinctive, company-craving personality, in a person who can't comprehend social signals or spatial reasoning. Long article, but worth it. Includes the hypothesis that we evolved language in order to gossip--without it, we couldn't manage being in groups of larger than 50 or so. ( Read more... )

"...the difference between high-functioning and low-functioning is that high-functioning means that your deficits are ignored and low-functioning means your assets are ignored... Either way, you get ignored."

...from this video.

Thanks, pgdudda.

here's a follow-up on the video by the autistic woman.

Info on a genetic disorder that looks a lot like autism.

When Engineers' Genes Collide--thoughts on the rising prevalence of autism & Asperger's, and the role of those traits in our gene pool.

Autistic draws Rome in vast detail from memory after one helicopter flight. I would love to have a print of his drawing. Link via jehannamama.

Aha, he does have prints (and originals) for sale on his website, but not that one. And he's a bit out of my price range. I'd still love to be able to get a print of one of his images of London, or the one of ( Read more... )

UW researchers have identified several genes associated with autism, with differences between girls & boys.