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02 Jun 2009, 5:16 pm

This article is about 17-year old Luke Porter,who was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 4 and
Asperger's at age 10.Don't be put off by the word
"cure" in the headline as both Luke and his family
know better than to use that particular term and
in any case wouldn't necessarily want such a
drastic change.His friends and family like him fine
as he is.
The encouraging part is that Luke has progressed
from feeling hostile and isolated to being someone who is now able to communicate effectively enough to offer valuable guidance for others who feel the same way that he used to.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... gs-miracle


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02 Jun 2009, 9:40 pm

That was a good article. Thanks for posting.


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03 Jun 2009, 1:14 am

So much of what he says I can very much relate to. Especially this one is something I often find myself thinking and explaining too:

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'I have to think 24/7 about what I’m saying and doing. I have to hold myself back and think about everything, because nothing that comes naturally to you comes naturally to me.'
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He has learned ‘to think before he blinks’, as Jan puts it. ‘He has learned to use the intelligent part of his brain to retrain the impulse part.’


Think this is totally true too:
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‘You can be cleverest kid in the world, but you won’t get anywhere in life if you can’t have a conversation. For people like me, a social education is so much more valuable than an academic one.’


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