Message no. 1

From:	shadowrn@*********.com (Hahns Shin)
Subject:	Autism (Was Re: Ritalin and ADHD)
Date:	Wed May 2 17:00:01 2001

> Also, there are several autists that have abilities that lean
strongly in
> the direction of the liberal arts; some can perform piano concertos
from
> memory after hearing it only once and replay it perfectly; others
paint
> some truly amazing artwork, and several other examples.
Perhaps I should have clarified myself. :-P Music and art and even
poetry sometimes are areas that autistic people can use as an outlet
(and they are extraordinarily talented in some ways). I meant
Literature, Composition, History, etc when I incorrectly used the term
"Liberal Arts". Basically anything having to do with the structure of
language or society. Autism is a spectrum, too, not an extreme. There
are mildly autistic people who can act normally with social cues, and
then there are the lost ones who are in their own universe.

Hahns Shin, MS I
Budding cybersurgeon