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Asperger syndrome - Not weird, strange or odd
(Personal notes are in italics, e-mail excerpts are not)
On the morning of 9 December 2013, Channel Nine breakfast show Today introduced a story about singer Susan Boyle having Asperger syndrome, referring to this condition as an "illness". Below is an e-mail I sent to the show just to clarify a few things about Asperger syndrome (from my point of view), in the hope that they (and other media outlets) would have a better insight into why Asperger's (as well as other forms of autism) should not be classified as an "illness" or "disease".
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To whom it may concern,
Regarding your introduction to the story about Susan Boyle having
