[Air-L] do we all have asperger's?

[Andrea Kavanaugh]

yes, using a computer (or any other tool) all day is just the  
technology of our time.  what about the 'old' days when instead of  
writing and communicating via a computer we were doing it via paper  
and pencil and telephone for most of the working day?

On Feb 22, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Alexis Turner wrote:

> Here are the criterion for diagnosing Asperger's:
> http://web.syr.edu/~rjkopp/data/as_diag_list.html
>
> Based on the abbreviated exchange below, it would seem she was going  
> strictly
> with choice B* - "Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of  
> behaviour,
> interests, and activities."  Given the current reality of  
> specialization in work
> environments, this seems a rather useless criterion taken by itself  
> and without
> support of the other diagnostic features.  We wouldn't accuse her of  
> being
> autistic merely because she is a psychiatrist  
> and...pyschiatrizes...all day,
> would we?
>
> (Please note that, further down the page, Szatmari does not even  
> include this
> factor as a diagnostic criterion at all.)
>
> That is not to say I haven't met people that could meet several of  
> these
> criteria, in several different fields, but I would hope she made  
> this judgement
> on other factors, as well?
> -Alexis
>
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Barry Wellman wrote:
>
> ::Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:09:47 -0500
> ::From: Barry Wellman <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>
> ::Reply-To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> ::To: aoir list <air-l at aoir.org>
> ::Subject: [Air-L] do we all have asperger's?
> ::
> ::I am not making this up:
> ::
> ::"A day after the Hans Reiser murder trial drifted into the  
> netherworld,
> ::the murder case against the Linux programmer careened Thursday  
> into the
> ::world of psychiatry.
> ::
> ::Defense witness and psychiatrist Beverly Parr, on the stand for  
> the second
> ::day, testified that those who use a computer regularly "possibly"  
> might
> ::have Asperger's syndrome. Those diagnosed with this disorder have  
> impaired
> ::social skills.
> ::
> ::"His activities were restricted to the computer more than I would  
> expect,"
> ::testified Parr, a family friend of the Reisers.
> ::
> ::"What you're saying, you found his work on the computer matched  
> one of the
> ::diagnostic features of Asperger's?" prosecutor Paul Hora asked on  
> cross
> ::examination.
> ::
> ::"Possibly."
> ::
> ::There's more to the story at the website:
> ::
> ::Source: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/hans_reiser_trial/index.html#top
> ::22Feb08
> ::
> :: Barry Wellman
> ::  
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