[links.Autism Spectrum]

[wispfox]

Via conuly, Girls' autism 'under-diagnosed'.

"Hyperactivity, and interests in technical hobbies have been seen as characteristics of the disorder.

But Christopher Gillberg, of the National Centre of Autism Studies, said girls were often passive and collected information on people, not things."


*pauses*


"collected information on people, not things." A-yup. My fascination, once I was in school and saw the need, was with people, and social interaction and trying to understand why the hell people did the things often very strange things they did. My fascination is with minds and social interaction and such, not machines.

I'm an awful lot less likely to be watching from the outside now, although sometimes I still do. Almost certainly due to the large number of people I know now whose behavior makes more sense to me, so is less likely to cause me to be distant while trying to figure things out. Instead, my investigations into friends' minds are part of my interaction with them.

Heh.

Comments

Re: Part 2

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this story. It's quite lovely, and you write very well. :)

Re: Part 2

[drwex]

You're welcome, and thank you for the compliment. Of course, seeing it in print I want to change some of how I tell it. Which is part of the point.

As to your other question, yes, she did eventually tell me that she had been mad at me and why. But it's a wholly different discussion when the person is cuddled up in your lap than it would have been otherwise.

Re: Part 2

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

it's a wholly different discussion when the person is cuddled up in your lap than it would have been otherwise.

*chuckle* Indeed!

Re: Part 2

[desert-born.livejournal.com]

nifty! i never had that highschool romance thing, possibly because i was one of the B&B folks everyone was busily a) teasing or b) ignoring (depending on context).

but well told, and you ain't as old as you think you are :)