MMOGology: Gamerz is speshul

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I have to say I do take issue with the way Aspergers Syndrome is presented in the article. I've gappled with AS for as far as I can recall and I can still function quite well as a human being, I might have difficulties here and then, but I definitely don't feel my mental state should be equated with mental retardation.

AS as described in this article is taken to an extreme, and inflated even further than that, to be described as borderline autistic is at the very least demeaning and insulting.

I'll cut my post short as all my efforts past here devolve into angry ranting.

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I agree... there's a difference between an intellectual disability and autism or Asperger's. To lump them together shows ignorance, not to mention calling them 'retards' and 'speshul.' I'm surprised this made it past any editorial process.

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I apologize if the post comes across as offensive to you. It was not my intent to demean anyone with AS, autism, or mental retardation.

My beef was really with the way the research of this particular study was presented in most of the online press I've seen regarding this study.

Despite the title and graphic used for this article, I think if you really read through the post you'll realize I'm not attacking anyone; I'm just calling into question the judgment of posting the results of research in such a half-assed way that readers will draw incorrect conclusions and assumptions as a result.

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