Re: Re: Article~I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly

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's " here " and following your posts, but has a visiting twin sister in tow

for a couple of days. I'll be clear of that family thicket by Tuesday late

afternoon and may be able to comment at that time.

Tally ho.

N. Meyer

Re: Re: Article~I Had Asperger Syndrome.

Briefly

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>Appreciate your the word of encouragement, Helen.

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>I'm rather hoping this might elicit a comment from , since it was

>basically his much-recognised " Asperger's Syndrome Characteristics " that

>triggered my original thought on this topic.

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>I like this, !

>- Helen

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>> Mark, ,

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>> You know, to me, the definition of Aspergers is still far too

>> vague and subjective.

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>> As a techie/scientific type myself, I'd like to see it defined in more

>> scientific measurable terms, and it seems to me that the " spectrum "

>> concept of it could be used to do this much more exactly than it is at

>> present.

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>> " Spectrum " scientifically refers to colours and the different

>> wavelengths of light that constitute those colours. Each colour has a

>> specific wavelength, and it's possible to accurately represent any

>> light we see as a bar chart with wavelengths on the X-axis and

>> amplitudes on the Y-axis. Hope I'm not getting too technical! [grin]

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>> Now for the purpose of analysing AS, we could equally represent all the

>> different issues that identify Aspies, some of them good and some bad,

>> across a bar chart's X-axis just like we do with light wavelengths.

>> And we could represent the individual strength and weaknesses of those

>> attributes as amplitudes on a Y-axis. Strengths positive and upwards,

>> weaknesses negative and downwards.

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>> What are the issues that single out Aspies? Well our own Meyer

>> here has produced a very comprehensive list entitled " Asperger's

>> Syndrome Characteristics " which as far as I can see would be eminently

>> suitable. We would want to score candidates against each of 's

>> listed characteristics, let's say on a scale of 1 to 10, to indicate

>> how closely they conformed to that characteristic, and we'd need

>> scoring guidelines to ensure everyone got assessed on the same standard.

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>> This technique could then produce an individual personal bar chart for

>> everyone that took the test, and that barchart would actually be quite

>> an accurate indication of their personality and needs.

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>> In summary, the point I'm trying to make is that you can't just score

>> autism on an analogue scale; it's a multi-faceted condition where each

>> facet has its own score and weighting.

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