Mark Hadddon, best-selling author of The Curious Incicent of the Dog in the
Night-Time…
“...(there is no) right type of Asperger’s. People with Asperger’s are as varied as Norwegians and trombone players.”
Psychologist Tony Attwood, considered one of the top experts in the field of Asperger Syndrome…
"(People with Asperger Syndrome have) a brain that's wired differently -- not defectively."
Nobel Laureate in Economics (and Aspie) Vernon Smith on MSNBC...
"Perhaps even more importantly, I don't have any trouble thinking outside the box," he said. "I don't feel any social pressure to do things the way other people are doing them, professionally. And so I have been more open to different ways of looking at a lot of the problems in economics."
Rick Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed., cites this powerful research finding from the University of Ottawa...
“Good positive social relationships in childhood and adolescence are a better predictor of adult happiness than either IQ or academic achievement.”
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