Common sense can elude people with Aspergers Syndrome.
My 18-year-old son, Stephen, is very bright with a gifted memory, yet sometimes his inability to grasp the obvious is startling.
This morning Stephen was trying to purchase a game online for his Nintendo DS with a gift card he received for Christmas. After numerous attempts failed, he asked for my help.
As I sat down next to Stephen and his laptop, I noticed that the American Express gift card was still unopened in a cardboard sleeve.
"Uh, Steve.........you need to actually open the gift card before you can use it," I said.
The light bulb suddenly went on. "Oh!" he exclaimed in the familiar high-pitched tone I had heard many times before when my son had an epiphany about something innately understood by most of the population.
Stephen had been using the card number from the picture on the front of the cardboard sleeve. He confessed he thought it was unusual that the card number was 123456789.
Wow. There's really nothing else to say, but wow.
My 18-year-old son, Stephen, is very bright with a gifted memory, yet sometimes his inability to grasp the obvious is startling.
This morning Stephen was trying to purchase a game online for his Nintendo DS with a gift card he received for Christmas. After numerous attempts failed, he asked for my help.
As I sat down next to Stephen and his laptop, I noticed that the American Express gift card was still unopened in a cardboard sleeve."Uh, Steve.........you need to actually open the gift card before you can use it," I said.
The light bulb suddenly went on. "Oh!" he exclaimed in the familiar high-pitched tone I had heard many times before when my son had an epiphany about something innately understood by most of the population.
Stephen had been using the card number from the picture on the front of the cardboard sleeve. He confessed he thought it was unusual that the card number was 123456789.
Wow. There's really nothing else to say, but wow.
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