The Mandelbear's Musings

I've known a bunch of people who have been my friends, over the years, though, whom I suspected of being "different," usually in the vaguely autistic range. A lot of them have been diagnosed with Asperger's lately. But a lot of the self-diagnosed fen who have known them have said of them: "They aren't Aspies, they're just Weird!" Yeah, but they're damned good programmers/waltzers/experts on WWII or French Impressionists, etc. I haven't yet figured out the self-righteous "I'm Asperger's and you're just weird," one yet, though.