Los Angeles was the place to be. On Thanksgiving Ryo called home to frozen New Jersey to report that he was sitting by an open window and it was 79 degrees outside. Later, when circumstances forced a move back east, he thought longingly of that climate as he shoveled snow. His best friends in L.A. [...]
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A Bright Future. Maybe
Posted in Asperger's, tagged asperger's syndrome, cancer, cartographer, Catskills, cousin, coworker, Delaware River, job, kittens, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Sullivan County Division of Planning on April 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Higher Education with Asperger’s
Posted in Asperger's, Justice and Asperger's, Uncategorized, tagged friend, girlfriend, Grinnell, India, Los Angeles, Malayalam, New Jersey, New York University, Stuyvesant High School, Sullivan County on March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
At a school such as Stuyvesant there were many bright oddballs and Ryo had a few good friends. He also had crushes on several girls and made no secret of it. One in particular he admired, not only for herself but because she spoke Malayalam, a language of southern India. He liked the sound of [...]
Growing Up with Asperger’s and Not Knowing It
Posted in Asperger's, tagged asperger's syndrome, Caroline Crane Kiyabu, James Ryo Kiyan, Manhattan, Okinawan, potential, sansei, Stuyvesant High School, talent, Yoshio Kiyabu on March 21, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Ryo Kiyan had reached his forties before it occurred to him that he was more than just shy. It took a lot of research but he finally figured out what was making his life so difficult. It was Asperger’s Syndrome. At the time Ryo was born, in 1962, people really didn’t know much about autism. [...]
No Justice for Aspies
Posted in Asperger's, Justice and Asperger's, tagged complaint, coworker, dismissal, Division of Planning, James McElwee, James Ryo Kiyan, justice, Orange County, sheriff, Sullivan County, terror on March 15, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Not long ago, Orange County, NY, dismissed a man from a volunteer position he had held for many years. The grounds for dismissal? Another employee complained that James McElwee, age 35, “violated her personal space” and made her feel uncomfortable No details are available on what constituted that violation. All we know is that McElwee [...]
Dr. Asperger Himself
Posted in Asperger's, tagged autism, children, Hans Asperger, Nazi Germany on March 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Hans Asperger was a pediatrician and psychologist in Nazi-occupied Austria. His specialty was a group of high-functioning autistic children whom he called “little professors.” They had, he observed, certain traits in common. Among those were a brilliant mind, an extraordinary vocabulary, and a lack of social skills. They could become obsessed with the workings of [...]
A World of Aspies
Posted in Asperger's, tagged asperger's syndrome, ideal world, prejudice on March 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
What would the world be like if everyone obeyed the laws and rules, if we were all polite and honest with one another, if no one had a hidden agenda, and no one was motivated by greed or self-aggrandizement? This is a world described in the introduction to a book called The Myriad Gifts of [...]
