Top Story in the Mirror,
The more 'clever' ones in the news, the better in my view.
Brain (Daily Mirror)
Of course, the Mirror, as usual..still makes him seem like a "loveable simpleton"
they always do it, "socially inept Jeffery" ***, you'd think they were on about Dahmer.
I agree, but it is better than Aspie shoots Xyz etc.
Perhaps later in the day there will be a better piece in one of the other paper's, but these newsfeeds are quite transient., so caught it while I could.
Uuuuum this is the Guardian...is that better?
No conundrum too hard for Countdown king
No conundrum too hard for Countdown king
By Jamie Henderson
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Beating all comers: Jeffrey Hansford king of Countdown
A man from Putney has stormed into the quarter-finals of TV quiz Countdown by winning eight shows in a row.
However, Jeffrey Hansford, 42, is not your average contestant because he suffers from Asperger syndrome, a type of autism that makes communication and interaction with others more difficult.
Despite his disability, Jeffrey is able to complete complex maths puzzles and word problems with ease, and these incredible skills have enabled him to remain unbeaten on the Channel 4 show.
He lives with seven others with learning difficulties in a care home on Woodthorpe Road, and watching Countdown is part of his daily routine.
Jeffrey was able to solve basic maths puzzles when he was just 26 months old, could write and tell the time at 32 months and started reading the dictionary when he was under five.
He said: "I'm not nervous about the quarter-finals, I'm very confident of a win. I think I'll get to the final.
"I won five in a row on my first day so I stayed the night and won three more the next day - I am an Octochamp.
"The prize is a leather-bound set of the complete Oxford dictionary. I've only read the concise version."
He can also tell anybody the day of the week they were born just by hearing their full birth date, as he proved during his interview.
On the show, producers reported that Jeffrey was deciphering conundrums before the Countdown music had even started - in tenths of second.
“My specialist subject would be London bus routes because I know them all."
Jeffrey Hansford
He solved a nine-letter conundrum in one second, telling presenters Des O'Connor and Carol Vorderman: "I have one in my bedroom - the answer is dartboard."
Jeffrey's incredible mental prowess was in evidence on meeting him as, in 20 seconds, he swiftly solved a conundrum that had baffled the Borough News reporters.
He said: "Actually, I don't think it's that difficult - it's maladroit - M-A-L-A-D-R-O-I-T.
"To train myself, I read, visit websites, play scrabble, do crosswords and watch Countdown.
"The longest word I've got at scrabble was slaughterhouses which got a lot of points."
If he wins Countdown he plans to try his hand at Mastermind and has already decided on his specialist subject "My specialist subject would be London bus routes because I know them all.
"My favourite bus route is the number 57 because it passes my two favourite bookshops in Streatham - WH Smiths and the British Heart Foundation bookshop."
And true to his word Jeffrey proceeded to correctly name the five random London bus routes that were described to him.
The quarter-finals of Countdown are in October but will not be shown on Channel 4 until December 13 and 14.
Despite his disability, Jeffrey is able to complete complex maths puzzles and word problems with ease
I don't understand why it says "despite his disability". I think it could actually be due to his AS that he is good at maths puzzles/word problems.
The newspapers (mostly) are the voice of the people, thus, if the people say AS is a disability, then the papers will.
Then why not go to http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/...ntdown.php and post comments to that affect? Unfortunately you can not do that with the Mirror article from what I can tell, at least not without signing up to something called dig it - but digging sounds like hard work 
This just prooves the N.T: fear of the superior race(the aspies)by maikin a genious look like a **** court-jester.
If God has some wisdom he will let the aspies take on the world and send the N.T:s back to the jurrasic era in the evulution of this world.
Aspie-PoweR
N.T:s DIE!
(there realy should be KZ:s for the N.T:s)
......................and ...............
...........................yes..................
.....................................................my hate...............
.................................................................................is devine!
I don't like attracting flak.
It's not good for business.
Very wise 
This just prooves the N.T: fear of the superior race(the aspies)by maikin a genious look like a **** court-jester.
If God has some wisdom he will let the aspies take on the world and send the N.T:s back to the jurrasic era in the evulution of this world.
Aspie-PoweR
N.T:s DIE!
(there realy should be KZ:s for the N.T:s)
Not sure that that I want anybody to die premeturely, but I was messing about once with famous quotes and came up with - 'blessed are the Aspergians, for they shall inherit the earth!'
You know, i'm not gonna go out of my way to post some "we are we" crap on a damn news website
I will bare that in mind next time!
I think I understand where you are coming from, but alternatively, if we never say anything, then the trends could continue untill eugenic practices are common place and the Aspies are gone for ever! What is the middle path here?
One thing does gives me comfort regarding genetics, but I am not sure I should say it on a public forum as such information could be abused!
The fact that Aspies will (in my opinion) still arise in the future, due to ordinary mutation of our species genome! This will happen even if all aspie feautuses are aborted for ten million years (assuming our descendents last that long)! I had initialy thought this information might be abused by someone who would create a designer gene, moddifying the parents overies/testicles in the same way as a virus, to give such a stable gene that would not mutate (into anything aspie or otherwise) for a very longtiome - but then I remembered that technology is not advanced that far yet - or is it?
The question is, why do they need to learn the hard way? Trillions slaughtered before evelotion can take its course? Should we (homosapians/descended species) last for even one million years into the future, we will most likely have colonised countless solor systems, and some of these are bound to consist of societies/species with a distinctly aspie flavour! So this is the goos news
but i'm not going to be the one to say it.
I heard this statement a l few times as I grew up! I still do not understand why anyone would walk round in circle by saying 'I know what your saying, but I will not confirm it back to you' unless it is some sort od nicety to let the other person go first! I do not think that is it though, I will get it more fully one day and I will write it down I know half sense why it is used so I will keep looking into what my feelings mean, and hope they are not too far off
you are such a sweet snob.