I am no expert but I think it's a common variant of autism. I know one young man, a family friend's son, who has a pretty severe form of autism. He is in his mid 20s and unable to take care of himself. He has two part-time carers alternating to attend his every need...and it's quite a sad show.Winston wrote: ↑December 14th, 2020, 10:55 am@hypermak
Alex told me that in Italy, he never heard of the term Aspergers before. Does that mean it doesn't exist in Italy? If so, why? Is it because aspies have no trouble fitting into Italian social culture because it's more open, inclusive, authentic and doesn't persecute intellectuals for being deep or different or logical? Hence aspies have no trouble making friends or fitting in or connecting with others? If so, someone needs to tell the American mental health profession about this, because they never touch the subject of differences abroad or the therapy of going abroad. No one dares to bring it up to them.
I don't know anyone with Asperger, or at least anyone who has made it public. I guess some cases may be mild and just qualify that person as "weird". I am not even that conviced about these black-and-white definitions of mental conditions. Like the abundance of alleged ADHD cases that US doctors love to declare (and prescribe expensive medication for!) which are simply "brats" over in Italy/Europe.