----- Original Message ----- From: tarquin tarquin@planetunreal.com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:47 am Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] User Leumi
Viajero wrote:
He is another young teenager with Asperger's; maybe this has something to do with it.
Is this beginning to be a problem on Wikipedia? What can we do to help new users with impairments that affect their social skills?
It may be, though I dunno. I personally don't have Asperger's, but am very similar; I have, ahem...minimal social skills. It probably doesn't show up online, but only because my main issue doesn't come through, in that I can't read facial expressions or tone of voice*.
John * Yes, this means I have *extreme* difficulty understanding sarcasm.