Gah.

[conuly]

Defense expert witnesses testified Wednesday that Schragger's pedophilia was exacerbated by Asperger's Syndrome, a rare neurological condition similar to autism and characterized by poor social and communication skills.

And...? Let me tell you something about the world. Usually, people with poor social and communication skills aren't trusted with kids, not for overnight sleepovers, regardless of whatever desires they may harbor. So already I find this one hard to believe. On top of this, it doesn't matter how poor your social and communication skills are, this does not hinder your ability to know and understand the law.

And another article. You can't post unscreened unless you're a member.

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[leora.livejournal.com]

True, and a good point. But I process it as an emotional feeling within myself, and that is important. Well, I don't always.

I do think that there is a huge communication barrier in place. And it's possible that autistics can have true empathy toward each other. I don't know. I suspect that they simply better know what the other person is feeling, but it's a good question.

But so then I would say that the communication barrier simply adds another level of difficulty, not that it makes it any less of an issue that autistics tend not to experience other people's feelings as feelings that they can feel.

There are also likely advantages to that, of course. Even in some cases to being better able to decrease other people's level of distress, because it's not triggering problems within yourself that you then need to handle. But it's going to be very different.

[conuly]

I'd love to reply, but for some reason this didn't make much sense. The *words* make sense, the *sentences* make sense, but they're not making sense all together. And I *know* this is me, not that you put them together wrong. Any chance you can simplify/sum up/rephrase? On the other post, though, the one up there. *points*

[conuly]

Huh. At the risk of sounding insulting, I forgot the whole "blind thing" and don't know how well you can navigate my journal normally (I'd assume it's well, you've commented in here, but I don't know, maybe you get it all from your friends list.)

So, here. Linky! http://www.livejournal.com/users/conuly/556060.html