Parallel Play

[unixronin]

Tim Page writes for the New Yorker about Asperger's syndrome.  It's another well-written and revealing article from the Aspie perspective.

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[smandal.livejournal.com]

Caring for inanimate objects came easily. Learning to make genuine connections with people—much as I desperately wanted them—was a bewildering process.

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I live two lives. The one where I'm present in the outside world -- seizing opportunities, getting things done, moving forward. Then there is the inner world where time stands still -- everything is coherent, perfect, and the world is like a memory I have yet to experience.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. Something like the android dream ... and then the outside world intrudes.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

Wake up, time to die.