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Graelwyn
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20 Aug 2007, 11:16 pm

Might have been posted before.
An informative academic style article on Aspergers by Lorna Wing.

http://www.mugsy.org/wing2.htm



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21 Aug 2007, 3:23 am

Interesting article, Graelwyn, thanks for putting it up.



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21 Aug 2007, 7:41 am

An interesting article. I am not sure that I agree with all of it especially the tendency to regard AS as a disability rather than a genetic variation. It also fails to consider the effect that the NT-created social context has on people with AS.