So much snow!

[jrising]

Everyone is calling it Snowmageddon-- a total of some three feet of snow since Friday, in an city with only one snow plow. We've have reports of friends trapped or displaced without heat and electricity, the metro is stopped, the government (which means everything except for Thai food) is closed. Cars can't drive (though many try), so people have taken over the streets. But we're safe, and from our window, Snowmageddon is absolutely beautiful.

From out window	Snowy Street

What do you all think of the DSM-V? And in particular, the proposal to classify all MIT students as having "Autism Spectrum Disorder"?

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[nobody-nowhere.livejournal.com]

I'm at work, so can't make a longer post now. but have you seen this op-ed?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/opinion/10grinker.html?ref=opinion

[jrising.livejournal.com]

Great article. I doubt that the stigma surrounding autism has faded as much as Grinker claims, but I agree with the rest. An in any case, one of autism's greatest strengths is indifference to social opposition.

[nobody-nowhere.livejournal.com]

Ran across this article today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100211/ap_on_he_me/us_med_asperger_s_diagnosis;_ylt=AiBKHKegt1QufQfZG.RKSWis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJvb3B2bWprBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjExL3VzX21lZF9hc3Blcmdlcl9zX2RpYWdub3NpcwRwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNwcm9wb3NlZGF1dGk-

Apparently there are a bunch of people with AS that are upset about this. Personally (as indicated in other stuff I've written) I tend to feel that we should be going with the 'technical standpoint' in writing a diagnostic manual and not worry so much about a 'social fallout'.