Category: cheshire cat

Spatially Gifted, Sequentially Inconvenienced

Jack White: “I was thinking about a time in high school when I turned my books in to the math teacher and said, ‘I refuse to learn from you anymore.’ The song is about asking questions. A lot of people are taught just to regurgitate information. People don’t care if you learn anymore. Opinion gets [...]

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Posted in all, cheshire cat, dyslexic quirks, music, public education on Jun 1st, 2007, 2:13 am by centaur     

DSM-V Prelude Project

http://www.answers.com/topic/diagnostic-and-statistical-manual-of-mental-disorders 
The DSM has seen criticisms through the years. A Columbia University team headed by Robert Spitzer, an editor of the DSM, acknowledges a concern about the DSM in their annual report of 2001, “Problems with the current DSM-IV categorical (present vs. absent) approach to the classification of personality disorders have long been recognized by clinicians [...]

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what i am is what i am, Mozart and the Whale

Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks
Religion is a light in the fog
I’m not aware of too many things
I know what I know, if you know what I meanWhat I am is what I am
Are you what you are or what?- Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Have you heard of the book, and now the DVD, [...]

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Under Pressure – Bill Gates rocking

I’ve heard of Bill Gate’s rocking behavior before, but this is the first time I’ve seen it.
Hope you enjoy! And also learn a bit about a much misunderstood aspect of autism.

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Posted in all, aspergers, aspie, autism spectrum, cheshire cat, humour, jared blackburn, psychiatry and labels, psychiatry disorder on Apr 26th, 2007, 7:46 am by centaur     

Amanda Baggs on CNN

Found on Autism Diva’s blog – just posting this quick for now before I have to dash out and run. God – I love what Amanda said !
http://autismdiva.blogspot.com/2007/02/more-amanda-baggs-on-cnn.html
… generally, what I tell parents is not to believe most of what they read, particularly the stuff that says we have no understanding, and no connection to [...]

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Posted in aspergers, aspie, autism spectrum, cheshire cat, psychiatry and labels, psychiatry disorder, public education on Mar 8th, 2007, 10:25 am by centaur     

WrongPlanet Asperger’s and the Cheshire Cat

WrongPlanet.net – my birthday is for everyone else. http://www.wrongplanet.net/article350.html
The person making the post, and many of the people commenting, are ranting about not being party animals. Hate to break the news to these guys, but I don’t think it’s exclusively an aspie problem. Wonder if they even are aspie, considering all the parties they’re being invited to that they don’t want to [...]

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