Published on 12, July, 2020
Interesting article, I think.
'Why would a person with Asperger's feel driven to suicide? To me, the answer to this is obvious. The need to bond with others is a basic human need. The very definition of Asperger's is to have trouble fulfilling that need. So why is it surprising that someone with these difficulties might fall into despair?'
The Pain of Isolation: Asperger's and Suicide
Nice article, you seem to do a lot of research on the internet.
I prefer to read books.
I'm currently reading 'Neurotribes'. And I'm picky with my internet research. It was published in 'Psychology Today', which I've always thought of as a decent publication - as opposed to much online nonsense. It wasn't 'research', anyway. Simply something I was directed to by a friend who knows of my interest in the suicide rates of middle-aged people with ASC.
We have to be as careful with the books we read as we are with the internet articles we choose to believe. Books can misinform just as easily. The fact of having words published on paper does not make them any more salient than any other words, however published. True intelligence is about having the ability to make such discriminations. I don't think that the publishing medium of the article in question detracts in any way from the points it has to make.
By all means, though, continue with your preference for books as reliable sources of information. I wish more people would do so.
I've read it - my father bought a copy as he was interested to learn more about neurodiversity following my diagnosis, and I thought it sounded really good, so got a copy for myself. I thought it was very good, though seriously scary in places. Makes me glad I was not an autistic person in the US about 30 years ago, that's for sure! Are you enjoying it?
It's true, though, that - in spite of having an English degree, with a specialism in the work of Charles Dickens (oh, those interminable novels!) - I struggle with books. My attention span is terribly short.
I've even been referred to as an intellectual lightweight because of it - which could, nonetheless, also be true.