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To: margie who wrote (986)	10/3/1999 11:07:00 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 4974

Watched the show... thanks for the heads up... tossed a totally unbalanced critique over here: Message 11434251 I see they're talking about adding more and more vaccines into the regimes of children as we speak... mistake based on this 'anecdotal' evidence. DAK

To: margie who wrote (986)	10/5/1999 3:09:00 PM
From: Doc Bones	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4974

A new book has some interesting ideas about stereotypical (computer) nerd behavior being a milder form of autism. nationalpost.com Shadow Syndromes, by Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey (co-authored with Catherine Johnson), sets off a cascade of "aha" reactions that significantly alter one's conception of oneself and others. It's only in the last few decades that we have learned that most of the major mental disorders have "shadow syndromes" or milder versions. Ratey's and Johnson's book brilliantly describes numerous shadow syndromes -- masked depressions (that show up in those who are always "being difficult"), less severe manias, obsessive-compulsive disorders, rages, and attention deficits, all of which influence our work and love lives. For instance, Shadow Syndromes builds a powerful case that many of us "nerds" are at the mildest end of a spectrum of autistic disorders. Till recently, autism was believed to exist only in a severe form. Autistic kids have profound difficulty connecting with people, and always appear "out of it." But many have neurological difficulties as well. Autistic infants, when startled, can't turn off the startle response. They are hypersensitive, and are well-known to spend hours rocking or moving their hands rhythmically, to soothe themselves. Discussion of this at slashdot, "News for Nerds," includes speculation that Bill Gates, well known "rocker," could have this syndrome. (Slashdot is very anti-Bill G.) slashdot.org