RE: People with Asperger's less likely to see purpose behind the events in their lives
January 5, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Rev. Rye;113040 Wrote:Minimalist Wrote:He was in his late 40's and his parents had an order of protection against him.
Our union attorney was married to a shrink....we used to say that she married one of her patients!....but after a particularly rough session with this guy he went home and discussed him with his wife. She said "he's got Aspergers Syndrome" and sent him to a web site. He later forwarded that site to us and it described this guy perfectly. It also indicated that there was no cure and only intensive therapy while the victim was still young had shown any success. He had not getten that therapy.
Yeah, well, as Christian Weston Chandler has shown us, being on the Autistic Spectrum is no excuse for being a terrible human being. For instance, I'm on the Autistic Spectrum (specifically, I have Hyperlexia, professionally diagnosed) and I don't act like a Neo-Nazi like that guy you described did, and people tend not to notice that I have a disorder until I tell them.
Did I mention he was also an alcoholic? And an anti-semite. And anti-female. And anti-black. He liked dogs but thought that they should run free in packs. If given a page of written instructions he would re-write them in phonetics. For 8 months he managed to live inside the office with no one knowing. A truly amazing character. I can't believe that he hasn't been murdered.
