Sherm said:
Courtesy of <
http://www.dictionary.com>:
v. cer·ti·fied, cer·ti·fy·ing, cer·ti·fies
1. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine.
2. To guarantee as meeting a standard: butter that was certified
Grade A. See Synonyms at approve.
3. To acknowledge in writing on the face of (a check) that the
signature of the maker is genuine and that there are sufficient
funds on deposit for its payment.
4. To issue a license or certificate to.
5. To declare to be in need of psychiatric treatment or
confinement.
I was flipping through my "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision)" for an appropriate diagnosis so we
can get him certified and leave open the possibility of working on #2.
I think many great geniuses have the following:
Diagnostic Criteria For 299.80 Asperger's Disorder
A. Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at
least two of the following:
marked impairments in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as
eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to
regulate social interaction
failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental
level
a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or
achievements with other people (e.g. by a lack of showing, bringing, or
pointing out objects of interest to other people)
lack of social or emotional reciprocity
B. Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior,
interests, and activities, as manifested by at least one of the
following:
encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted
patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus
apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or
rituals
stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger
flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements)
persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
C. The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social,
occupational, or other important areas of functioning
D. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g.,
single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3
years)
E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or
in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive
behavior (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the
environment in childhood
F. Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental
Disorder or Schizophrenia
Then again, from reading his web site, I doubt that Larry Wall has
Asperger's Syndrome. There was another syndrome typical of great
geniuses that I read about but forgot. I have amnesia and insomnia.
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