"I’m inhumanly good at self intelligence tests," says Louis Morel. "But every time I leave the house or see a new human being I get overloaded with all the information that is there." Morel is the ...
Two years ago, one of my students came to my office and told me that she wanted to major in psychology. It was her second try at Agnes Scott College, having dropped out a decade earlier. During that ...
Jam-packed thoughts scramble in my brain. As I talk, speech disrupts my thinking, and I cannot control how fast my brain works. Taking in too much information is an overload, as if listening to too ...
Asperger’s syndrome is no longer a stand-alone diagnosis. It’s now part of the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In other words, people with signs and symptoms of Asperger’s receive an ASD diagnosis.
Asperger’s syndrome is a type of autism spectrum disorder — an umbrella term used to describe conditions that affect how a person acts, communicates, and socializes. Asperger’s symptoms vary a lot, ...
The other day, I saw this YouTube video called, What Kind of Asian Are You? It's funny, but also painful, as it exposes many Caucasian stereotypes of their Asian Americans in the United States. Rudy ...
Some professionals claim the Asperger's diagnosis was a route to unwarranted services and supports. This is not reality. In any harsh political climate there’s much snarking about free stuff and those ...