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A young woman with Asperger's syndrome says her book's title says it all: 'Born on the Wrong Planet.' Erika Hammerschmidt, 23, has Asperger's syndrome, Tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. She also has symptoms of attention-deficit disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Though she is gifted in languages and art, social interactions are much more difficult.

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Researches have found that monkeys will "pay" juice rewards to see images of high-ranking monkeys or female hindquarters. They say their research technique offers a rigorous laboratory approach to studying the "social machinery" of the brain and how this machinery goes tragically awry in autism -- a disorder that afflicts more than a million Americans and is the fastest growing developmental disorder.

The Ricco/Maresca Gallery, a prestigious Outsider Art gallery in New York City, has mounted ''Autistic/Aspergers/Art,'' an exhibit by mostly professional artists who have autism or the higher-functioning Asperger's Syndrome.

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So far it's been a "hit," both literally and figuratively. And in the Web world that's a very good thing.

Back in June, two teens - Dan Grover and Alex Plank - met through a now-defunct Web site for people with Asperger's Syndrome, a neurobiological disorder comprising deficient social and communication skills in people with otherwise normal intelligence.

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There is no link between autism and immunizations, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Over the past two decades there have been suggestions about a possible connection between increasing rates of autism and immunization.

However, this study found no such link and suggests that the increase in autism may be due to a number of factors. These include improved awareness about...

This has nothing to do with WrongPlanet.net, Asperger's, or Autism, but its one of the funniest things I've seen in quite a while. Click here