(B) Bill, chores, and Will ...

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....from part(A)

Will once said: " It's not the things we don't know that get us

into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't true. "

Hmm. Things we " know " ... That is, things we THINK we know.

There's a lot of crap floating around the Internet, a fair amount these

days centering on autism - specifically Asperger's. I claim a large

fraction of that " just ain't true " .

Certainly masses of it bear scant relationship to any formally

agreed-upon professional criteria. I claim this MIS-information

" poisons the well " .

Recent ASPIRES threads which seem to associate " bad behavior " with

Asperger's are an example. " Bad behavior " is NOT in any of the accepted

criteria. ...NOR in any of the " emerging " criteria either. Period.

People come to ASPIRES seeking many things. I believe one of those

things is accurate information.

To offer *less* than that, to allow IN-accurate information *without

challenge*, is a disservice to troubled people and has potential for

considerable harm.

Hence my response to one post:

I challenged an *incorrect* and potentially harmful AS/behavior

association. Offered instead the possible, even likely, " boorish male "

association (words to that effect). I stand by that. It happens.

My remarks certainly WERE NOT designed to shield or excuse any " bad

behavior " by any AS person. Explain? Yes. *Excuse*? Never!

That said, ...to whoever needs to know: " We're kewl " . No problem here.

- Bill, 76, dx AS; ...subsiding

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm