On Wed, 20 May 2009 17:43:41 yuri wrote: > Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > > I hope this isn't to off topic but I thought that it would be a good idea > > to introduce my > > self and make some warnings about what I'm like. > > Welcome to the list. > > > WARNING: > > One major thing to take into account when dealing with me is that I only > > really > > have use of the literal language parts of the brain. This can make things > > awkward > > if you use implied elements of language[1] or even worse if I try > > expressing any emotions. > > Personal question: Is the above warning due to aspergers? It's a > common condition among tech-oriented people.
Non-verbal Learning Disorder (NLD). It has a similar set of effects but (gladly) autism is not among them. I haven't heard of people with Asperger's syndrome having trouble coping with visual information and thinking of the 'big picture' to the same degree as myself. The difference between language processing and everything else in my own mind is large enough to make results on the IQ test meaningless. Put it this way, until I was tested I failed to realise that other people don't systematically convert the geometric problems (which shape doesn't belong) into word problems (which sentence doesn't belong). -- Quote of the login: On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. -- Cartoon caption
