That is the case for me. I can juggle one orange on good days.
  
                                    Jerry

Yep, got it in one.

It is down to "self-monitoring" which is ultimately down to multitasking and attention-switching.  

Although of course there are some who are tone deaf as well, and even when they try very hard to hear changes in intonation in other people's voices (even when not trying to understand what is said etc.), or in their own voices on tape, they simply can't tell the difference, at least not very easily.

Ah but eating them is much more fun  

If only I could act smart and be smart at the same time, I'd be dangerous!

Having a monotonous voice didn't stop Marlene Dietrich, Ed Kuepper, Morrissey or Bryan Ferry from acheiving fame as singers. If you're sexy, German or talented enough you can get by without intonation.

:lol:

It is often said that singing and speaking don't function the same (don't some autistics learn to speak by singing?). I wish that was the case for me though - sadly, my singing is even worse (as far as pitch and timing is concerned) than my speech. Didn't stop me from singing permanently as a toddler mind you. Poor parents  :shock:

I am kind of glad, with hindsight, that my high school signing teacher took away my enthusiasm for singing - otherwise I might have ended up like one of those utterly talentless but seriously deluded (about their singing talent) people who appear on those horrible talent shows :-(

Hey, can anybody explain to me why the massive emphasis on dating in US society? I could be latching onto a media stereotype here, and in Australia we are concerned about finding mates too; but it seems to be an obssession in the US and I don't understand why.

You get mums in conniptions because their 18 year olds are not dating yet and there seems to be so much emphasis on standards of perfection that nobody can meet. I saw a lot of angst over on Wrongplanet from the dateless and although some made inappropriate comments about women, I can also see why they would be so frustrated when even their best efforts meet with ignorance and rejection.

Hopefully, he would be outed as a traitor, judging from the start of the thread.

He certainly doesn't speak for me! I saw the movie, "Mozart and The Whale" and the character based on him was all cute and sweet (because he was played by a very personable and nice looking actor).

Judging by his writings in real life, he is nothing like that! I also note that his original comment represents a not so rare phenomenon whereby people who are in a minority group and have made good are harder on others in that group the the majority society ever would have been.

He was lucky to get the job that he did; so was I lucky to find a secure job. I am fully aware that we are the exception; all my aspie friends in real life are either out of work, have a spotty employment history, or are on disability support pension. And these are so-called "high-functioning" people. Nearly all have tried their utmost to look for work but it's simply not easy if you are not a social animal.

How dare Jerry say that other aspies who aren't in his relatively privileged position are bludging off the taxpayer? I would have thought he'd had shown more compassion but it's as if he wants to prove that he's as NT as the most NT NT.

Then let's out him as an NT!

Or at least borderline aspie.

I wish to add further criticism to the claim that there is something morally inferior about living off any form of welfare or disability compensation.

There are many jobs that not only contribute nothing to the economy but that are so destructive that we would all be better off paying some people to stay home instead. The fashion salesman artificially creates demand for a product the public would not desire if television commercials did not program the public to want to buy that sports figure endorsed pair of $200 sneakers that cost 50 cents to manufacture. But because the fashion advertiser goes to a job and performs useless penitence for his income, he gets to pretend that he contributes more to humanity than the welfare recipient. The clerk in the cigarette outlet whose merchandise, by account of WHO causes about 600,000 nonsmokers throughout the world to die each year earns her pay check less that the person who does nothing for money.

The economic system is deliberately rigged to deny jobs to a quota of the population; no matter what, someone has to be locked out of the job market and that is inevitably the population that is least able to defend themselves in a world of little games at job competitive job interviews and often fraudulent offers for income opportunities such as network marketing. Many and probably most of those in that quota could and would gladly put in an honest day's work for a decent wage if they were allowed to do so. Since they are not, it is criminal to hold them responsible for society's decision to deprive them of entry into the work force.

The junk culture industry, especially the religion industry, working with the likes of such scum as born again Christians as Jack Walsh and Rupert Murdoch, have tailored the mega-churches to teach the unemployed quota that through prayer and positive thinking they will, by mystical telekinesis, "attract" a job to them and God will make them winners and someone else losers in their place; thus, it is your fault if you did not beat someone else into becoming a loser in the job market and you deserve to be made into a street person for your mediocre performance in the gladiator arena of the job market.

The more competitive employed are taught to pound their chests and show the world how superior they are to the less competitive because in our sadistic pop culture, it feels good for the public to blame, hate and destroy the self-respect those who can least defend themselves against such bullying.
Barney

  

Jerry Newport's not the only author in this field to concentrate solely on heterosexuality. Genevieve Edmonds and Dean Warton made no mention of same-sex relationships in their Asperger Love Guide.

Jerry Newport's not the only author in this field to concentrate solely on heterosexuality. Genevieve Edmonds and Dean Warton made no mention of same-sex relationships in their Asperger Love Guide.
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Since the established publishers are so cowardly as to censor such things that should be allowed in print, anothes solution is to publish yourself what need to be said. It is not that difficult. I use http://www.lulu.com and I published a dramatic novel which I call The Autistic Comedy. It is a social satire that borrows some characters from Dante Alighieri's classic epic poem and you can check it out at the lulu website. The Night of God's Suicide is another but harder edged satire I published the same way.

An authority on same sex vinculums should take recourse to publishing the same way advice for those whose sexual instincts are so inclined.

I am open to ideas on how to announce to the autistic community my books and so would be anyone else with something worthwhile to publish.

What's a vinculum?