Re: Jamie Stroud >> This dude needs to be the next big porn star
The common theme of obessions, taking things literarly, the inane desire to spend time along in warm places, an inablity to focus for long periods of time, the desire to record and documate all aspects of his idenity, the conflicts with peers and others, the rambling, logical, humour less speeches and dialouges, etc.
All are major symptons of high functioning Autism. He is a fairly high functioning case, it seems, but it is obvous that the disorder affects him constantly.
Yet, as many theorists in disablity studies state, it is the stare which produces the disablity. What I mean is that if we weren't judging him or observing him, he would simply be "normal". Normal, at least, to his self.
He is perfectly fine. It'd our expectations and judgements of him which produce the disablity.
I was really touched by his words and his life. I've been thinking about him all day. He sounds rather alone and lost right now, while at the same time, he's also struggling for personal freedom.
It's a commendable life trait. I respect him for it and it bothers me that people are focusing on him solely as a sexual object.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-functioning_autism
This article offers some help in explaining, although not very much.