Autism and Technology: A Great Benefit and a Double-Edged Sword

• By: Karl Wittig, PE Aspies for Social Success (AFSS)
• January 1st, 2016
• actually autistic, assistive technology, employment, special interests, technology
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Individuals with autism have long had great affinity for and been involved with technology, so it is only fitting that modern technology is becoming of greater value and significance to the autism community. I am able to appreciate this both as an adult on the autism spectrum and as a long-time...

Autism and Science: A View from Across the Neural Divide

• By: Karl Wittig, PE Aspies for Social Success (AFSS)
• January 1st, 2015
• actually autistic, adult, advocacy, genetics, science
• 1221    0

I am writing this because I am in the somewhat unusual position of not only being on the autism spectrum and fairly involved in the autism community, but also of coming from a scientific background, even if not in the field of autism (I am a retired electronics engineer with degrees in physics,...