They talk like adults and often have sky-high I.Q.’s, but their social skills are nonexistent.¹
Bla, bla, bla… a mysterious condition known as Asperger’s syndrome — a neurological disorder that disproportionately affects males and is often connected to a striking precocity with language. The Learning Disabilities Association of America defines Asperger’s syndrome as “a severe developmental disorder characterized by major difficulties in social interaction and restricted and unusual² patterns of interest and behavior.”
So now we are supposed to call the characteristic of having an exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) a learning disability and developmental disorder? Why not say that neurotypical children have a developmental disorder since they can be vastly slower with their mental aptitudes in vital areas?³ The reason Aspies relatively lag behind socially is because the social behavior of NTs is so illogical!
[Edited by adding on 11-23-8:]
Aspies not only can have a striking precocity with language; they can have a striking precocity in any area (art, music, inventing, etc.).
¹Why not be specific and say that these social skills are nonexistent among a neurotypical environment, but DO exist in an Aspie environment? In an Aspie environment, the social skills of NTs are atrocious! NTs don’t know how to verbally say what they mean, because they’re too focused on following whatever is popular.
²That’s relative to whom you’re asking and what your priorities are.
³Then people wonder why the educational system is failing when society puts greater importance on being socially correct within its major population rather than giving higher priority to the more important things like math and science? Every culture around the world differs socially, but every culture around the word competes in the arena of mental aptitude.
