[CW] Are Morse Aficionados Autistic ???

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Maybe that's why many CW operators are "a little different", odd to the
outside world, but very talented to those inside the world, if not
brilliant.

It never has bothered me if this is so, I find most CW operators to be
exceptional people and of a greater quality t han the "others".

I just don't understand where we get the sub creatures in the CW community
that have no good values - they exist and I avoid them.

73

David Ring, N1EA - no relation to Chas. just an distant admirer..

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Charles Ring <w3nu at roadrunner.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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*
>
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