From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V12 #221 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Friday, May 23 2008 Volume 12 : Number 221 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: OT: For Dennis Alexander (jamac)--whoops, I deleted your Alloy post...! ["Dennis Alexander" ] Alloy: Howard the Duck -- the Musical [Elaine ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 08:20:43 -0600 From: "Dennis Alexander" Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: For Dennis Alexander (jamac)--whoops, I deleted your Alloy post...! Thanks for the info! I'll have to look into this. And yes, you got my name right. J. Kara Laidlaw writes: > > I hope I remembered your name correctly--I got a little overzealous with the > deleting last week, so I had to rely on my memory. I read your Alloy post about > your suspicion that you might have autism, and yep, it could be, and you're > probably the only person who can figure it out. Diagnosis and/or help isn't > readily available for adults, so many of "us" have self-diagnosed. I just > wanted to pass on a few links. :^) > > You might want to check out , which is a site > started by a man, Alex Plank (sp?) with Asperger's syndrome, and it's a very > active site, by and for very smart people with (usually) impaired social skills, but everyone is welcome. :^) Also, I found a link to a quiz through a post at > Wrong Planet, titled "How close to autistic are you?", and, out of 50 points, I > got 42. So there's no way to deny it now, but I'm still coming to terms with it. > Here's the link: > > Oh, and if you believe yourself to be autistic, don't mention it to your employ- > er! A lady named Michelle got herself fired for being honest. Here's a link to > her website. > > E-mail me privately if you like. :^) And, anyone can feel free to comment on > this. > > Peace and accepting yourself for whom you are, > Kara ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 13:09:56 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: For Dennis Alexander (jamac) On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:05 PM, J. Kara Laidlaw wrote: > > I hope I remembered your name correctly--I got a little overzealous with > the > deleting last week, so I had to rely on my memory. I read your Alloy post > about > your suspicion that you might have autism, and yep, it could be, and you're > probably the only person who can figure it out. Diagnosis and/or help isn't > readily available for adults, so many of "us" have self-diagnosed. I just > wanted to pass on a few links. :^) > Since autism has recently touched my family, I find this very interesting. It's been agonizing to read e-mails about niece in Canada, who has been professionally diagnosed and actually has been regressing in development. The scholar who created the autism quotient test (Simon Baron-Cohen - yep, Sasha Baron-Cohen's cousin) notes that if you score high on the test and exhibit a high degree of the spectrum disorders - and particularly if it affects your ability to work, interact appropriately/"normally" with others, etc. - taking your score to a specialist as a discussion point is helpful, but it's not a definitive diagnosis. That test was reprinted in Wired as a "Geek Quotient" test, btw. A close friend of mine, Dr. Dougal Hare, is one of the UK's leading expert/researcher on autism, with particular emphasis in Asperger's in adults. You can see Doog on the "squeeze machine" link on this BBC website for the Horizon television show - it's an episode called "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow", which is how autistic scholar Dr. Temple Grandin describes herself: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/temple/ I've spoken to Doog about autism at length on several occasions. He is increasingly concerned about the growing number of adults who self-diagnose but can't, don't or won't follow up with a professional to verify a diagnosis and find the best pathways and practices for living well. Melissa - -- "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 21:19:04 -0700 From: Elaine Subject: Alloy: Howard the Duck -- the Musical http://tinyurl.com/5vxddq Lea Thompson says she's working on Howard the Duck for Broadway, and she'll be playing Howard this time. She's only kidding, but it might just be a brilliant idea...! ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V12 #221 ****************************