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Friday, September 05, 2003"People think they’re not computers because they have feelings and computers don’t have feelings,” says Christopher. “But feelings are just having a picture on the screen in your head of what is going to happen tomorrow or next year, or what might have happened instead of what did happen, and if it is a happy picture they smile and if it is a sad picture they cry. The author, who has worked with autistic children, has this to say about our current trend to classifying every deviation from normal as a disease: He clearly has Asperger’s syndrome. But the term never appears in the book, and neither does the word “autistic.” If Haddon had his way, autistic wouldn’t be in the jacket copy either, though it is. “The label doesn’t add anything to your knowledge of anyone,” says the author, who would prefer it if the term “odd” were to become popular again. “In the old days you were allowed to be odd,” he says. “Too many people now who would have been odd find themselves with a label and getting sucked into some kind of system. Sounds like a wise man. posted by Sydney on 9/05/2003 07:55:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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