[CW] Are Morse Aficionados Autistic ???

[Charles Ring]

On 8/6/2015 16:51, John Westerlage wrote:
>
> The following is an excerpt from an interview
> by Wired Magazine columnist, Carl Zimmer of
> Steve Silberman, the author of "NeuroTribes"
>
> The interview, entitled
> "The Beautiful Diversity of Autism", appears
> in the August, 2015 Wired magazine, pp 37-39.
> ==============================================
> Zimmer - You write about how the iPad is just
> the latest in a long string of technologies
> that have helped autistic people connect with
> others -- likely starting with ham radio in
> the early 1900s.
>
> Silberman - They could use the equipment to
> communicate.  They didn't even have to talk --
> they could use Morse Code.  So they could
> socialize in a way that was comfortable
> for them.
>
> The iPad turned out to be a boon,
> because specialized communication devices
> for autistic children were always incredibly
> expensive and inflexible.  The iPad comes
> along and it can be that communication device.
> ==============================================
> And here I didn't even know I had a problem !!! (Smile)
>

"Before computers there was radio".  Not all but many hams are indeed 
autistic, mostly the Asperger variety of autism. I am one of those. When 
I learned of Asperger syndrome at age 46, suddenly my entire life 
experiences made sense. It's not just code either,

I trrust my fellow hams to not make a nasty joke of it as much of the 
public does.

-- 
*Charles Ring W3NU*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/attachments/20150808/709a1953/attachment.html>