Aspergers = Mistaken Retardation?

[The Question]

I should read up more about this subject-also about Savants. I met someone who said they are this, or could be this, or have been called a Savant, and I sort of thought they were just saying that. This person also comes across as a jerk at times. They also act like they are perfect at everything they do.
This probably has nothing to do with anything. Thanks for the good read.

The big problem is that in the case of Asperger's, someone who has it actually is (nearly) perfect at what they do. Take your typical Type A personality perfectionist and exaggerate those qualities way out of proportion -- one of the characteristics of AS.

 

[Bickendan]

Just because I need to include every friggin' detail when drawing a map, sheesh.

 

[Bickendan]

You know how tough it is to put a scale representation of the printer that printed the map on that map?

 

[Bickendan]

I've taken you into the red. Let this be a lesson. I won't pursue this any further.

Good god, Dual, haven't you read any of my Lilac posts in that DLA Mobilization thread? Bombing me in the red doesn't mean jack shit to me.

 

[Bickendan]

Keep it up. At this point it's goad, goad, goad.

 

[Bickendan]

Gonna see how far you can take this? There's 1,550 other posts to hit.

 

[Bickendan]

Oh wait, sorry, you pos'd a good number of those in the past.

 

[Malarky]

:hmm:

 

[Iyhara]

Wow. Look at the 'Aspies' in here act like retards.

 

[The Question]

And then see posts like yours. Clearly no correlation.

 

[Iyhara]

Absolutely none.

 

[Enkephalen]

Wow, for a while there you all had a serious conversation going.

 

[The Question]

I feel a nice heavy-duty shit comin' on.

 

[Oh my god it's Robby!]

the internet makes aspergers worse in a lot of people or causes some to even contract it of course these retards are 'high functioning' ones usually, but basically they should be round up and put in 'camps' for their own protection & also to make the net less cluttered with their often psycho babble...

 

[The Question]

In other cases, the internet is a very effective tool for learning to identify and emulate a wider range of social norms. Just depends on where you look. I wouldn't suggest anyone with AS post here, for example.

 

[Cacophony]

the internet makes aspergers worse in a lot of people or causes some to even contract it of course these retards are 'high functioning' ones usually, but basically they should be round up and put in 'camps' for their own protection & also to make the net less cluttered with their often psycho babble...

You can't "contract" Aspergers, you idiot.

 

[Enkephalen]

But you can "contract" idiocy. :duh:

 

[The Question]

I prefer to take a contract out on idiocy.

 

[Archibald Nixon]

Autism. It's when the brain becomes overly developed before birth. For some reason, persons with developed brains, are not recognized as the same species as the mother, and the mother's immunity attacks. Since it is so rare, it is unknown what would happen if an autistic were incubated by another.

Any, they are born with enhanced brains. They are emotionally detatched and all their senses are enhanced, making everything a source of annoyance. Actually, their emotional detatchment might not be such a problem, but Mom must have her cuddles and kisses.

Um...source?

 

[The Question]

Actually, the prevailing theory regarding the root cause of AS -- at least that I've seen so far -- is the underdevelopment or misdevelopment of "mirror neurons".

See here.