http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:28:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40943 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40943#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:28:36 +0000 SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40943 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40943/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40909 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40909#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:23:55 +0000 Natasha Vargas-Cooper http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40909 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40909/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40906 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40906#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:12:31 +0000 cherrispryte http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40906 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40906/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40783 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40783#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:36:50 +0000 brianvan http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40783 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40783/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40741 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40741#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:43:06 +0000 Rw http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40741 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40741/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40733 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40733#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:36 +0000 hman http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40733 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40733/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40725 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40725#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:03:54 +0000 ljnd http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40725 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40725/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40723 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40723#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:01:41 +0000 TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40723 Lemme get this straight: I'm mocked for love of magazines, humiliated for having mentioned watching re-run television shows and practically cyber-bullied into subscribing to the New Yorker's digital edition-- just to prove I'm no holdover from the Mesozoic--and you're buying the print edition of NYT? Ah, "A1". Got it.]]> Lemme get this straight: I'm mocked for love of magazines, humiliated for having mentioned watching re-run television shows and practically cyber-bullied into subscribing to the New Yorker's digital edition-- just to prove I'm no holdover from the Mesozoic--and you're buying the print edition of NYT? Ah, "A1". Got it.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40723/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40719 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40719#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:59 +0000 TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40719 upon her return home. There are several ways to regard the story, I think. Good things include parents who want academic success for their kids. Parents who parent. A diagnosis of Asperger's, which does not preclude "functioning" in society. A child who survived 11 days in the subway system without being molested, turned to prostitution or knifed on the D. Bad things include parents new to this country whose desire for their progenies' success drive behaviors which mirror those practiced here during the last 20 years, with questionable results.]]> upon her return home. There are several ways to regard the story, I think. Good things include parents who want academic success for their kids. Parents who parent. A diagnosis of Asperger's, which does not preclude "functioning" in society. A child who survived 11 days in the subway system without being molested, turned to prostitution or knifed on the D. Bad things include parents new to this country whose desire for their progenies' success drive behaviors which mirror those practiced here during the last 20 years, with questionable results.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40719/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40715 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40715#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:41:04 +0000 Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40715 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40715/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40712 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40712#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:32:26 +0000 TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40712 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40712/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40710 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40710#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:31:58 +0000 mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40710 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40710/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40707 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40707#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:23:14 +0000 jrkinsella http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40707 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40707/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40706 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40706#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:23:04 +0000 brent_cox http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40706 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40706/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40705 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40705#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:20:55 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40705 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40705/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40704 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40704#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:20:08 +0000 HeartAsArena http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40704 Always relevant. Badly styled, but relevant.]]> Always relevant. Badly styled, but relevant.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40704/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40698 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40698#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:15:40 +0000 garge http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40698 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40698/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40696 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40696#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:09:18 +0000 Baboleen http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40696 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40696/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40695 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40695#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:07:17 +0000 NicFit http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40695 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40695/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40694 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40694#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:03:29 +0000 mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40694 Ms. García said one detective told her the boy was probably hiding out with a friend. She replied that her son had no friends to hide out with.]]> Ms. García said one detective told her the boy was probably hiding out with a friend. She replied that her son had no friends to hide out with.]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40694/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40693 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40693#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:56:20 +0000 josh_speed http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40693 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime come to life! Go, kid!!1!]]> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime come to life! Go, kid!!1!]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40693/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40692 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40692#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:55:19 +0000 Flashman http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40692 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40692/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40691 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40691#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:54:18 +0000 mimithedog http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40691 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40691/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40690 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40690#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:52:36 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40690 http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/story-of-runaway-aspergers-boy-proves-futility-of-trying-to-keep-it-together#comment-40690/feed 0