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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:56 AM Original message |
Science vs religious myth, according to a seven-year-old w/Asperger's |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope he does not have to endure this ridiculous Sunday School anymore. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A religious education for this particular child might not be all bad |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. How wonderful!!! |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thanks for hugs |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. HI, Diso!!!! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. or he may win a Nobel prize BECAUSE of his autism nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Yup! n/t. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. You might want to get him out of Sunday school |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. There's nothing I can do. I don't have a choice about his religious education |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Well, I survived it |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. He's already questioning what they're teaching him. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Autistic my eye! |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. He takes no meds, the diagnosis was made in the U.K. after extensive evaluation |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I worked at MIT some years ago |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Fuck off, my Asperger's is not a "disease" that needs to be "cured" |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Your lack of interpersonal skills suggest otherwise ... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. *WHACK!* |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. *Thud* |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Here, here...!!!!! |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. He sounds more intellectually gifted than autistic |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Thanks for the article |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Have you read Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime"? |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I read it when it came out |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. The giftedness is often the result of the autistic traits. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ha, I have Asperger's and that sounds EXACTLY like me at that age. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Let me really really really recommend the book "Born on a Blue Day" ... |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Thanks for the suggestions. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Because of you I went to the library and got that Born on a Blue Day |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Science more fun than playing? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. ... |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Good point |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. LOL, VERY smart boy! n/t. |
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