[The_Reader_David]

Be of good cheer: most of us in the blackboard sciences (mathematics, theoretical physics, mathematical economics, computer science . . .) could be diagnosed with Asperger’s if we were dumb enough to submit to a psych eval.

The fact your daughter was diagnosed says more about your ex than about your daughter: she wanted to pathologize social awkwardness.

[muawiyah]

Or, maybe the ex-wife has a good reason for her "ex-es-ness", like her own autism.

It's not like these guys are all hanging off the curtain rods hooting. As you said, those in the blackboard sciences do stand a good chance of an Aspberger's Syndrome diagnosis ~ and that's while having a good time in the cafeteria whooping it up over a slimjim and a slurpy.

[shrinkermd]

Yes, what you say is a good existential observation. Years, and years ago Ernest Becker noted on theme common to schizophrenia—that such individuals tried their best to concentrate on internal mental processes. Depending on the severity of their approach they could become odd, eccentrics or absolute psychotics.

On the other hand Becker and others have noted regardless of the chemical theories of depression, that depressives are overly embedded and concerned about their family and associates.

The above approach seems to be replicated by people with widely different views as to the cause of these major mental syndromes. The descriptions seem more existential than explanatory.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

My Daughter was never diagnosed.