My Life With Asperger's

For much of my life, people have attributed extremely negative meanings to my innocent Aspergian eccentricities. My discomfort at looking people in the eye was a sure sign of deception and trickery. My problems with inappropriate facial expressions were a sure sign of a sociopath, and we all know how many killers are sociopaths. Read More

In my last post I talked about the value of self knowledge in the context of neuro-psychological testing. I said, "There is no downside to testing." Several readers took me to task for that, pointing out that there can be a downside . . . learning that you are officially "different" can be a crushing blow to the psyche.

I have thought about that point quite a bit.

Last fall, I spoke to the folks at Google's Boulder, Colorado office. You can see my talk over on YouTube and authors@google, but that's not the point of this post.

The point is this software Google has created, called Sketchup.

This week, I went to two Christmas parties, and they could not have been more different. I'll describe the first one here, and the second one in my next post.

The first should have been the best, or at least the most lavish, as it was hosted by one of our leading banks.