[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore's family/Aberforth.

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 166530

Ceridwen:
> I would disagree with this. Even a high-functioning Autistic
> like "Rainman", or like Christopher Boone of "The Curious Incident
> of
> the Dog in the Nighttime" by Mark Haddon, would not be able to be in
> full charge of a business. An emergency (reference Raymond Babbit
> burning the toast) would render them useless.


Dreadnought:
Ceridwen, speaking as an identified Aspie, I have to say you are seriously
underestimating
what some of us can and cannot do. There is a wide range of function, and
while many
cannot deal with emergencies, many of us can. It makes me *very*
uncomfortable when
things go wrong - very uncomfortable. But I learned to deal with that.


Lynda:

I have to agree with Dreadnought, here. My college roomie's second son is a
high functioning aspie, in his first year at a univiersity. He did very well
on his SAT and his adjusting to college life fairly well. He was
homeschooled through high school and was only diagnosed this year.  He does
need extra time to work on his assignments and projects because he has
difficulty expressing his thoughts and emotions verbally and in writing, but
he is learning to deal with things when he becomes uncomfortable. Also, I
work with special needs kids. Severely handicapped kids who need help in
normal academic and social situations and a lot of them have some form of
autism. Either classic autism similar to what we are aware of from the
Rainman or Aspergers which has sent them into one of the satelite classrooms
I work in. At least two of these kids that I work with work at their grade
level until they are upset by something or something happens that disrupts
their world in some way.

Back to Aberforth, though. I have a feeling that Albus Dumbledore was not
speaking tongue in cheek when he made the comment that he did not know if
Aberforth can read, but that he genuinely did not know. My basis for this?
Nothing much. Just a feeling in my gut.

Lynda


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