On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:01:18 -0700 (PDT), Timothy Bruening
Here's a recent thought about autism, etc.
The other day, I watched the recent movie, "Gifted."
The young, gifted girl is in first grade and working
on differential equations for her casual reading.
I was left a little uncomfortable when I realized that
no autism or asperger's was ever hinted at -- not for
the girl, her uncle, nor her grandmother.
- The aspie genius has become such a cliche that was
asking myself whether there are /any/ extreme prodigies
who are not aspie, like this movie assumed ... and, at
first, that seemed wrong. I had bought into the cliche.
On further thought -- The really extreme are so rare
that I expect that there is something different going on
with them, so the movie is probably right.
--
Rich Ulrich