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N0tYetDeadFred
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22 Aug 2012, 2:59 pm

I haven't met any Buddhist monks, only Catholic ones, but I think that a lot of them do have ASDs. When I have visited monasteries, it's a very comforting lifestyle for someone with AS. Peace and quiet, studying and teaching, and and it's highly routinized.



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22 Aug 2012, 3:20 pm

N0tYetDeadFred wrote:
I haven't met any Buddhist monks, only Catholic ones, but I think that a lot of them do have ASDs. When I have visited monasteries, it's a very comforting lifestyle for someone with AS. Peace and quiet, studying and teaching, and and it's highly routinized.


It suited me when I was a monk many years ago - except for getting up at 5 am every morning for meditation! Looking back I think some of the others may also have had Asperger's too.