Perspective

Connecting the dots

I had always suspected something about me was different. After 40 years, a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome set me free.

(Illustration by Justin Renteria)

By Christopher Wood-Robbins

October 4, 2009

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On April 13, 2007, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, I found my Holy Grail. All my life I had sought answers as to why I had trouble getting along with the rest of the world and why I acted the way I did. But thanks to a stranger’s suggestion, and a neuropsychologist, I finally received a simple, straight answer. ... (Full article: 760 words)