Another recommendation…
I’ve been reading a lot of articles about the brain lately and in doing so I’ve come across a blog written by a woman who has Asperger’s Syndrome. Her blog is called Asperger’s Diary – its really interesting. Her last article talks about how she learned how to convey herself properly at a very late age. She goes really in depth about her thought process and I find it refreshing. Emily I know you have had your run-ins with Aspergers and now you can finally, truly understand how their brains work!
Carmen, and 
Emilily are discussing.
Emilily 8:57 pm on August 28, 2009 Permalink
Okay, first let me say: thanks for carrying the blog this weekend! Right now I am still without internet, but I did buy you a present!
Asperger’s Diary sounds interesting, I would like to learn more about that syndrome. I think maybe we (“we” as a society, not just you and I) should start recognizing mild asperger’s, ADD and ADHD as not simply disorders but very common conditions that more and more people are going to experience, either directly or indirectly, and we should tailor our medical, educational, and professional environments to work with this reality, not against it. Just because someone has asperger’s, ADD, or even mild dyslexia or autism, should not preclude them from making the same contributions as everyone else. Maybe the increasing prevalence of these “disorders” is not the problem, maybe the problem is our too rigid concept of normal learning processes and our black and white approach to functional versus dysfunctional.
Carmen 8:02 am on August 29, 2009 Permalink
Actually, you’re right on the money with that I think. One of her previous articles called “Getting to the Root of It” talks about that. About what a cure really means and I totally agree with her. It doesn’t mean getting rid of the disorder, it means learning to work with what you’ve got. I think everyone who has this disorder has a point in their life (hopefully) where they have to wonder if its really everyone else who has the problem.