Rhetorics and Technologies by Selber Stuart A.;Miller Carolyn R.;

Author:Selber, Stuart A.;Miller, Carolyn R.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press

Eli has Asperger syndrome, a condition on the autism spectrum. Like most people with Asperger syndrome, Eli

—has difficulty with the unwritten rules of social behavior and is sometimes unaware of even simple social conventions;

—shows marked deficiencies in social skills, having difficulty sustaining conversations and sometimes making socially inappropriate responses to others;

—has difficulty developing relationships with peers his own age, preferring the company of adults;

—desires interaction with others but has trouble knowing how to make it work;

—has a strong desire to please others and an acute sense of embarrassment when he has erred socially;

—has difficulty reading and using nonverbal cues, like eye-to-eye gaze, facial expressions, gestures, and body language;

—has difficulty determining socially appropriate body spacing;

—finds it hard to gauge the emotional state of others and equally difficult to express his own emotional state;

—gets preoccupied with (and may monologue about) particular and idiosyncratic subjects of interest;

—has an advanced vocabulary, but is very literal, has difficulty processing figurative language, and is overly involved in repetitive language use, reciting stock phrases or lines drawn from previously heard material;

—tends not to “get” jokes, despite a strong interest in humor and jokes, especially puns.

Similarly, in a blogpost entitled “Note to Daycare Teacher upon Her Asking the Following Question,” Jason's wife, Rachel, provides some tips.

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