OT: Aspergers link (was Re: PEP 312 - Making lambdas implicit worries me, surely it's just the name 'lambda' that is bad...)

[Tim Randolph]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote in message news:<JrEca.87817$zo2.2277263 at news2.tin.it>...
> Stephen Horne wrote:
>    ...
> > I have Aspergers disorder, and as a result I have a strong tendency to
> > overpedantic use and interpretation of language. Back at school in
> 
> While I've never been diagnosed with any such disorder, I can certainly
> identify with many (not all) of the symptoms you mention.

Harper's mag ran (May 2002) a fascinating biography of someone with
Aspergers last year.  It has a lot to say about the disorder and the
NYC Subway System.

Can be found on the web here:

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1111/1824_304/85882845/print.jhtml

--Tim