You might recall the article about autism that Discover ran a while back.

( Here are all five of the letters to the Editor that got printed. )

Dearest fellow aspies, I have a question:

What exactly does it mean to be "in love"? Or what is your personal definition of the term?

Is there a word for not being able to change mental gears (for example, into "do homework" or "get ready for work" modes), even though one really needs to do so, and has tried everything but pounding on their brain with a wrench in the attempt ( Read more... )

Can anyone describe the signals that indicate "if you keep exerting yourself, you'll have pulled muscles tomorrow"? I've never known what that signal feels like, and it'd be nice to be able to do things like exercise or move furnature on my own without limping around the rest of the week. (I'm assuming that the sensation is there, and I just don't ( Read more... )

I don't know if this has been posted before or not...

Gerald McBoing-Boing (youtube link) (animated cartoon from 1951)

Why am I posting it here? Because many people see the main character
as being Autistic... (I can see what they mean) and I want to see what you all think.

I'm pretty new to AS, although I've known about Autism for ( Read more... )