Young adults with Asperger's syndrome working on people skills

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Young adults with Asperger's syndrome working on people skills - Watch and listen closely to the group of young adults playing miniature golf at Boomer's in Vista, and it becomes clear their conversation is not unlike their golf game: Comments bounce randomly about, unanswered and unacknowledged, the way their brightly colored golf balls ping off the AstroTurf bumpers. These 20 something golfers are part of a new group started on the Meetup Web site by Escondido resident and her daughter, , for young adults with Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism that is often manifested in odd, eccentric behaviors. , 24, is lining up her putt on the third hole when Zane Hunker, 18, bounds onto the green with a blow-up alligator he's just won at the arcade. He hands it to . She seems perplexed as to what exactly to do with it and doesn't smile. Finally, she looks up to the sky for a moment, thanks him shyly and goes back to her putt. In 's group, not many golf balls are hitting the hole, at least not initially. But no one is keeping score, so it doesn't really matter...

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