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@chass.utoronto.ca> ::Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org ::To: aoir list <air-l@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 :: _______________________________________________________________________ :: :: S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director :: Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto :: 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 :: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax: +1-416-978-7162 :: Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php :: Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days :: _______________________________________________________________________ :: :: ::_______________________________________________ ::The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list ::is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org ::Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org :: ::Join the Association of Internet Researchers: ::http://www.aoir.org/ ::
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