musicians with Asperger's Syndrome

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: Jack Campin
Date: 05 Dec 12 - 07:47 AM

Yes, that was what I just said. We had another thread about it: here.

The DSM has no formal status in the UK anyway so it has only an indirect influence here.

I often play with a musician who has unmistakable autistic symptoms and has been diagnosed with AS - but unlike typical AS people he has a sense of humour, so it seems "high functioning autism" fits better. One odd problem he has is that he's really crap at figuring out the key other people are playing or singing in. For someone with the other skills he has, that is a bit odd. But maybe it's part of the general failure to get what other people think and feel.

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: GUEST,999
Date: 05 Dec 12 - 08:45 AM

Lepus Rex hasn't posted to this thread for NINE years.

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: GUEST,Stim
Date: 05 Dec 12 - 11:39 AM

Lepus Rex and an number of others that posted to this thread were Mudcat regulars who have since disappeared. Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be...

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Dec 12 - 05:35 PM

For me this has been a very interesting thread with lots of information and resources to check out. I thank everyone who participated, no matter when. I have one friend who has been diagnosed after a major blow up at the prison job where he was working. Another certainly has some of the symptoms but who knows she may be just like me, unusual and queer in how I see and interact in the world. The Sensory World site was also very interesting and I forwarded it to a teacher friend. My youngest nephew and I and his mom all have extreme corn allergies or sensitivities and some of our reactions are neurological as well as immunological. The sensory overload and sensitivity definately applies to us when we get a dose of corn in some food. I feel for those kids and adults who live with it every day.
Di

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 May 16 - 05:34 PM

Somebody is missing from this thread:

http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/dec/08/susan-boyle-i-have-aspergers

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 May 16 - 12:52 PM

to follow up my post of 4 years ago, I am still teaching this young man, I consider it one of the best things i have managed to do.

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: leeneia
Date: 04 May 16 - 10:14 AM

Good for you, Schweik.

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: Jack Campin
Date: 04 May 16 - 08:31 PM

But as keberoxu's example shows, it doesn't just affect musicians, it also affects squalidly manufactured no-talent celebrities with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement.

Maybe (being the Susan Boyle of American politics) Donald Trump has it too?

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 May 16 - 01:26 PM

Ach, JC, you are pushing the limits again, naughty you.

Subject: RE: musicians with Asperger's Syndrome
From: GUEST,Senoufou
Date: 06 May 16 - 02:52 AM

My niece was diagnosed with Aspergers as a child, and is now in her twenties. As I understand it, one is 'on the spectrum', as there are varying degrees of autism, ranging from severely affected with major disabilities (needing full-time care) down to mildly affected (various problems with socialising, dislike of change, obsessions etc) which is Aspergers.

My niece reached Grade 7 in piano at the age of eleven. She has since played piano concertos with concert orchestras in public as a teenager, before she went to University. She can listen to any piece of complex music and reproduce it note-perfect on many instruments, but mainly the piano. As a child, she would sit for literally hours at the piano and play endlessly, until her mother almost dragged her away.
I might add, she is a brilliant mathematician. I've heard the two talents often go together.

I'm absolutely horrified at some of the early posts, years ago, on this thread (thankfully they didn't come back) Such ignorance and sneering beggar belief. There is no 'medication' which cures or moderates Aspergers, but severe cases may need some form of sedation in the event of a 'meltdown'.