The Internet can be a social paradise for high-functioning
autistic people and people with Asperger's syndrome. Here, the
nonverbal niceties of social interaction that they find so
perplexing don't apply. People who might strike others as gauche
in person often fit in perfectly well on Internet message A Web
link to an autism screening test posted recently on Digg.com, a
tech news site, generated hundreds of comments from users. Many
self-described computer geeks took the online test, for which a
score of 16 is considered average, and a score of 32 or higher
suggests Answers questions and directs callers to assistance and
resources all over the country for Asperger Syndrome and related
conditions. Voice: 1-888-918-9198 Website: http://www.ahany.org
Verified: 8/25/2011 "Twenty. Not autistic, just plain geek," one
user commented. "Thirty-eight, definitely 38. Time for Judge
Wapner," wrote another, a reference to a TV show watched
obsessively by an autistic character in the movie The Rain Man.
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