[Typo3-dev] Really OFF TOPIC NOW Making a better access control
Olivier Dobberkau
olivier.dobberkau at dkd.de
Wed Aug 24 23:35:00 CEST 2005
Ben Wardle wrote:
> My mother always seems to suggest, rather charitably, that anyone
> exhibiting such annoying traits can be forgiven as they must surely
> be suffering from Asperger's Disorder. I'm not sure I'm as
> charitable as my mother ;-)
What is Asperger's Disorder?
Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both
Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a
larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either
Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive
Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's
Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and
eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided
social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical,
their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a
repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation
and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of
interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common
interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door
knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name
"Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first
described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr.
Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and
Asperger Syndrome.
Source: http://www.aspergers.com/aspclin.htm
With TYPO3 you learn a lot!
Olivier
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