Posted on 12/04/2012 7:05:21 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Bill Clinton is famous for feeling others' pain. So he might be the last person one would suspect of having Asperger syndrome, which is characterized by a lack of demonstrated empathy. Yet that is precisely the thought that passed through the mind of Ron Fournier after meeting the former president with his son Tyler, who is diagnosed with the disorder.
Fournier told the surprising story on today's Morning Joe. A former Associated Press reporter, now with the National Journal, Fournier recounted how during the meeting, Clinton went off on a long monologue about Teddy Roosevelt, missing the clues that he had completely lost Tyler. Afterwards, said Fournier, he wrote in his notebook "is he an Aspie? Is B.C. an Aspie?"
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Bill Clinton is a cunning predator at a serial killer level.
Clinton also has serious mental problems because of his cocaine use.
I, too, am married to an engineer, and I can see some of that. The husband has the heightened ability to focus and ignore everything but the task at hand. This is almost always great but, in some situations, I have found it irritating. Over the years, I have come to understand how deeply it is seated in who he is. He is a solid, decent man, extremely hard working, and an incredible problem solver.
His father was also an engineer but very much a charmer and very empathetic. My husband loves to chat people up the way his dad did, but it just does not come naturally to him the way it did to my FIL.
Yipes! Sorry for the highjack here.
I can understand how a computer’s CPU works, but I don’t think I’ll ever figure out how a woman’s mind works. [/hijack]
If he does, it’s the least of his “disabilities”.
Defined broadly enough as a “continuum” illness, all but one person in the world has it. We should all get SSDI, I suppose.
Since I work with engineers, for engineers, we were all INTJ (or similar). What shocked me is that type is one of the rarest.
Engineers do run in families. I thought I was the first, till I started researching my family. Turns out we are known for three things. Farming, Chemistry (I'm a Chemical Engineer), and Law.
So love your little engineers. They are one of the most rare types of people out there.
Thanks for the tip on Sowell’s book.
We have a four and a half year old grandson with spina bifida, diagnosed two years ago as high-functioning on the autism spectrum. His mind is highly compartmentalized—songs he sings with me cannot be sung by his Mom, and vice versa. He will not allow anything from the fun part of his life to be present in the hospital when he’s had to undergo various surgeries and treatments for severe illnesses. No welcome visitors or toys. He endures his medical misery stoically.
At home and school, he’s happy and active, though physically limited. He speaks in hushed tones with only the people closest to him. He shows
abundant comprehension, but little in the way of speech, except an occasional burst of echolalia, out of context recitations of last night’s
commercials, characterized by, “Up next...”.
Among his favorite things are music, and the close inspection of things
and processes. He spent yesterday afternoon figuring out how to get from
being seated on the floor to climbing into a chair by himself, using mainly upper body strength. He succeeded!
We don’t know what his future holds. He’s currently in the autism class of a developmental preschool. We don’t know if he has regular school or special ed. in his near future. Your reply widened my thinking as to his possibilities. He truly is a jigsaw puzzle. He’s dearly loved and we’re honored to be along for the ride, trying to make sense of whatever pieces present themselves on any day.
Someone with Asperger's would have real trouble most of the time picking up on those emotional cues others provide. Narcissists sometimes have problems understanding other people's emotions, but sometimes pick up on those cues quite well. People with Asperger's are closed-off emotionally and hard to get to, and narcissists have an emotional neediness and hunger for admiration and control.
I'd say Clinton was a narcissist. The admiration that politicians get probably makes the narcissistic orientation that's already there a lot worse.
can understand how a computers CPU works, but I dont think Ill ever figure out how a womans mind works. [/hijack]
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:) We are wired very differently. Men are much easier to follow than women, and women are fluent in unspoken language.
As a woman, I understand women, but I find men much easier to get along with than women — excluding my own 4 sisters.
I’m sure 90% of politicians are egotistical jerks, especially at that level, and especially liberals.
Love him and enjoy him and remember that his parents need all the support (and respite help) that they can get.
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