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Austism/Asperger's/Savant Syndrome (pg. 3)
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Marc Summers
he's asian, he's already good with numbers |
lol, them asians love crunching those numbers |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by d-miurge
Every trained musician can do that! :conf: |
WITHOUT sheet music...!
e.g, play a savant a ten minute piece on the piano, then, without any sheet music, they play the entire thing back to you, perfectly. |
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| Az |
it's recently been touted that I have aspergers
go ing me |
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| pvdAngel |
When I was at school, I met one of my friends little brothers who has autism. He had communication difficulties and would get easily frustrated and angred when he was either not understood or bullied. It was a real shame, and most of the time he got into trouble despite giving him the benefit of the doubt.
I read into Autism and Asperger's and was both fascinated and interested to know what it involved. After I had a good understanding of it, I decided to comfort and support my mate's brother (Matthew) during breaks and on the way home. I'd make the effort to understand him and to take interest in things he liked and after a while, he felt more relaxed.
When my brother was doing his training in becoming a maths teacher, he had to work with kids with various learning difficulties. One of them had autism and he attacked him leaving with scratches all over one side of his face. Either way, he found this good experience and even raised money for an austism/asperger's related charity.
"The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime" by Mark Haddon is a story about life through the eyes of a 15 year old who has Asperger's.
Even some well known celebrities are supposed to have traits of the condition: http://www.geocities.com/westhollyw...2/famousac.html |
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| Floorfiller |
i think if you look at most genius' in history that they usually have somewhat tragic lives...which is unfortunate. there is usually some kind of inability to fit into society or stuff like that...
as for autism or like disorders i think it's amazing and shows what the mind is capable of, but we just aren't able to unlock. think of what we could learn or accomplish if that power could be harnessed into learning... |
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| d-miurge |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
e.g, play a savant a ten minute piece on the piano, then, without any sheet music, they play the entire thing back to you, perfectly. |
Ok I see! :wtf: |
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| euphoria |
| My son is autistic but not severe. He is high functioning. If you tell him a date and ask him what day of the week it is he can tell you without looking at a calendar. We have tested him on this using dates from before he was even born and he gets them right everytime. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by pvdAngel
When I was at school, I met one of my friends little brothers who has autism. He had communication difficulties and would get easily frustrated and angred when he was either not understood or bullied. It was a real shame, and most of the time he got into trouble despite giving him the benefit of the doubt.
I read into Autism and Asperger's and was both fascinated and interested to know what it involved. After I had a good understanding of it, I decided to comfort and support my mate's brother (Matthew) during breaks and on the way home. I'd make the effort to understand him and to take interest in things he liked and after a while, he felt more relaxed.
When my brother was doing his training in becoming a maths teacher, he had to work with kids with various learning difficulties. One of them had autism and he attacked him leaving with scratches all over one side of his face. Either way, he found this good experience and even raised money for an austism/asperger's related charity.
"The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime" by Mark Haddon is a story about life through the eyes of a 15 year old who has Asperger's.
Even some well known celebrities are supposed to have traits of the condition: http://www.geocities.com/westhollyw...2/famousac.html |
most people with autism, in my experience and seeing and reading many things about autistic kids/adults, until you are in their "safe" category of people they may lash out at you. its a very odd behaviour but its some sort of coping mechanism that they dont really understand yet. once you are in that "safe" category though they will NEVER hurt you.
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
i think if you look at most genius' in history that they usually have somewhat tragic lives...which is unfortunate. there is usually some kind of inability to fit into society or stuff like that...
as for autism or like disorders i think it's amazing and shows what the mind is capable of, but we just aren't able to unlock. think of what we could learn or accomplish if that power could be harnessed into learning... |
all the greatest composers, scientists, and mathemeticians had autism. none of them were able to function in a mainstream part of society. their social circles normally consisted of highly intellectual people of that field of study.
| quote: | Originally posted by euphoria
My son is autistic but not severe. He is high functioning. If you tell him a date and ask him what day of the week it is he can tell you without looking at a calendar. We have tested him on this using dates from before he was even born and he gets them right everytime. |
my good friend has aspergers and had until recently been very antisocial. in the past year or 2 he has actually become quite social albeit still doesnt always function well with society. he was super super cocky and was always right but that has subsided quite a bit too. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
i think if you look at most genius' in history that they usually have somewhat tragic lives...which is unfortunate. there is usually some kind of inability to fit into society or stuff like that...
as for autism or like disorders i think it's amazing and shows what the mind is capable of, but we just aren't able to unlock. think of what we could learn or accomplish if that power could be harnessed into learning... |
Really kind of makes you question the word 'disorder' sometimes... |
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| diggerz |
| quote: | Originally posted by d-miurge
Every trained musician can do that! :conf: |
lies. |
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| venomX |
| Just so that the unknowing don't assume everyone that has autism is a savant, only about 10% of people that suffer some disorder from the autism spectrum is a savant. Carry on. |
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