Xanfor

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« #80 : 01-15-2009 17:40 »
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Fry is not lacking in cerebral capacity, rather, he is unskilled in the manners by which he can put his capacity to use. He is not an idiot, thank you very much, he is simply a great deal ignorant and naïve concerning his surroundings. And no one, ever, seems to want to assist him in rising up out of the rut that his twentieth-century society had become ever so acceptive of. He's not dumb, his neurons are just "alternately networked." 
Fry has many intelligent moments...like Bill and Ted of the most excellent adventures, he HAS a brain in there, but it spends most of its time in a blissful state of non-activity. This is indistinguishable from "stupidity" on the surface.
But, like King Arthur who sleeps in Avalon, in moments of crisis it will rouse itself from its slumber to burst forth upon the foes who menace his home and friends and save the day; and then, its quest complete, it retires again to its sleep of aeons and timeless dreams. Naughty nerdy dreams, no doubt, but eh, I'll bet Arturius Rex has the odd mental romp about Guinivere and her handmaidens from time to time as well.
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coldangel

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« #87 : 05-16-2009 23:27 »
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Someone with aspergers can have apparently normal social skills and they're often hard to spot
At least from a distance. I used to have one who was scarily attached to his routines to the point where he would go outside in the pouring rain to sweep the driveway of the group home because that was his chore for the day. And if the service car was in the driveway, he needed to get down on his hands and knees to sweep under it. He would become violent and destructive whenever a routine was thrown out, and a couple of times I had to stop him attacking other clients with a steak knife.
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coldangel

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« #96 : 05-18-2009 00:10 »
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Sorry for posting twice but I have more.
 Autism these days is really used as more of an umbrella term for a spectrum of different intellectual disabilities/psychological conditions, of which Asperger's Syndrome is one. The other main one is PDD-NOS, though others are sometimes included. Without meeting you, I cannot say if your Mum was being a panicky loon or if the specialist was just humoring her by saying "Yes, you're right - your kid is special  ". (I happen to know a few specialists in the field of developmental disorders. They can't find their arses with both hands, thinking they can diagnose via a textbook when they actually don't spend any time with the people.... anyway...) Yes, what fistful said. Sadly this happens all the time. And introverts are frequently mistaken for Autistics. I think you'll be fine. Your Mum has probably put something silly into your head and you'd best just put it out of your mind.
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SpaceCase

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« #99 : 05-18-2009 11:23 »
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Where exactly does "Autistic Spectrum Disorder" come into all this?
[*SpaceCase leans into thread*] ... And on the eighth day, God invented the Internet...
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SpaceCase

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« #101 : 05-18-2009 14:26 »
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I've always suspected you were God, SpaceCase.
First, (unlike Bender) my ego isn't big enough. Second, (unlike Al Gore) I didn't invent the Internet, and: Third, were I God, I wouldn't be COMPLETELY MISTIFIED by your arrival at that conclusion from the given statement. it's confusion over the conclusion...
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Svip

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« #102 : 05-18-2009 14:30 »
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I've always suspected you were God, SpaceCase.
First, (unlike Bender) my ego isn't big enough. Second, (unlike Al Gore) I didn't invent the Internet, and: Third, were I God, I wouldn't be COMPLETELY MISTIFIED by your arrival at that conclusion from the given statement. it's confusion over the conclusion...
You can still be my god.
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