Daniel Tammet
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2008 video documentation, Leipzig Germany
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Girls with Asperger’s
Two weeks ago I had the chance to be at Tony Attwood’s conference about Asperger’s Syndrome in Zürich. He is great at speaking and holding the interest with humor and an uncomplicated language style. I have really ejoyed it.
Particularly I was fascinated by the profile of girls with Asperger’s. The statistic says that there are more males being diagnosed with some form of autism. What we do not know is that girls are better in adapting and “may be more difficult to recognize and diagnose due to coping and camouflaging machanisms”*.
Are statistics what we really need to understand people?
* Page 46 The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome by Anthony Attwood
Allen Frances on “The International Reaction to DSM-5”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allen-frances/reaction-to-dsm-5_b_3146659.html
“People living in other countries can no more understand the lack of common sense in DSM-5 than can they understand why it remains legal in the U.S. to own an assault rifle.”
“…a sadness of over two weeks after a death shall be diagnosed as depression if it shows its usual symptoms: cheerlessness, lack of drive/energy, indifference, sleeping problems, lack of appetite.” From Christian Weber “Wenn Trauer zur Krankheit wird” SZ
Warum darf zwölf nicht zweizehn heißen?
Interessante Artikel in der FAZ über Asperger Syndrom und das neue DSM-V.
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