goins and cummins

An attempt to keep up with the goings and comings of the Cummins family; namely Wanda and Ray.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

The Geek Syndrome
Reading the earlier post first, you will see a reference to Asperger's Syndrome, also known as the "Geek Syndrome," because it is appearing in greater numbers in the Silicon Valley. The offspring of people with highly technical minds are being diagnosed with this syndrome. It has been called a mild from of autism; perhaps, we should not be so quick to try to get rid of these genetic anomalies. Notice what the discoverer of the syndrome states:


One of the first people to intuit the significance of this was Asperger himself - weaving his continuum like a protective blanket over the young patients in his clinic as the Nazis shipped so-called mental defectives to the camps. "It seems that for success in science and art," he wrote, "a dash of autism is essential."




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