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Set in our close future, genetic testing and treatment has cured most diseases including autism. But what about those born too late for treatment? This book follows Lou, a high-functioning autistic man who is part of the “missing” generation. He works for a corporation that is promoting a trial of a drug that might cure adult autism. Lou has a good job, friends who care about him, and
It may sound obvious, but it’s important to stay alert when driving in the dark. Tired drivers are a serious risk on the road and fatigue contributes to 4% of fatal road crashes in Britain. Because it’s so difficult to spot, the true figure could be much higher. The book is set in the near future, the protagonist Lou Arrendale is an autistic man working in a department of a company that exclusively employs autistic people for their superior concentration, greater pattern recognition or other cognitive abilities. Lou copes admirably with his autism and is generally happy – if not quite content – with his life, then one day he is informed that there is a cure for autism and his life immediately changes even without before the cure becomes available to him.
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A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. NASA. "How 'Fast' is the Speed of Light?" 2014. (Jan. 20, 2015) http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/how_fast_is_the_speed.htm The other is a military psychological manual that I ‘borrowed’ from my captain’s office during my tour of duty. It was explained there that there are four basic temperamental traits in humans, and that they can be determined through tests. [Choleric, Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Melancholic] M. Vogelsberger, A. Helmi, V. Springel, S. D. M. White, J. Wang, C. S. Frenk, A, Jenkins, A. Ludlow, and J. F. Navarro, “Phase-Space Structure in the Local Dark Matter Distribution and its Signature in Direct Detection Experiments,” Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 395, 797 (2009).
from the interview: When a title works, it begins to resonate with more and more elements ... in the writing, the other metaphysical connections formed. If you expand the concept of dark, however, it may appear that the dark has a speed all its own. Consider a dark spot in a beam of light, which might be created by placing a piece of cloth or other object over part of the light source. While this dark spot might not meet strict criteria for total darkness, it travels at the same speed as the rest of the non-obstructed light [source: University of Illinois]. This same speed of darkness holds true if you equate darkness to how long it takes for the light to go away when the power is switched off -- again, the speed of dark in this case is equal to the speed of light.This is something else I never tell Dr. Fornum about. She would make notes in my record about this… but… what if light was never present in the first place? What if we have a room (or an entire universe, even) that never contained any photons at any point in time? Normality is a fictional notion, a social convention. Witness the extreme pressures exercised by some vocal minorities, both on the right and on the left of the political spectrum, to redefine normality in light of their own peculiar dogmas. Everybody who disagrees with them is their mortal enemy: Nazi sympathizers on the right lay claim to national identity – they are the only template for what it means to be a true [insert nationality here]; Every Christian splinter cult throughout history claims they hold the ultimate answer to God, and that everyone else is a heretic who should be burned at the stake; crusaders for a new sexual revolution on the left rush to cancel anyone who dares to question the validity of their claims and of their priorities.
In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made active and contributing members of society. But they will never be normal. Darkness can’t possibly be faster or slower than light, since darkness possesses no physical properties of its own. A wormhole is a theoretical entity that would allow something or someone to travel vast distances instantaneously. If wormholes exist (the debate is still ongoing), then, “The only viable way of breaking the light barrier may be through General Relativity and the warping of space time,” Kaku writes.
Could the world in the future expand to except other concepts of normal? Or will differences and variations be "cured" instead of taking care of the more difficult symptoms? This main character, after all, was incredibly intelligent, able to understand information about the brain the "normal" folks around him couldn't understand totally.
And for years, it was believed that nothing could travel faster — but it turns out that is not entirely true. SEE ALSO: Invisibility Cloaks Might Become a Reality Sooner Than You Imagined D. Clowe, M. Bradač, A. H. Gonzalez, M. Markevitch, S. W. Randall, C. Jones, and D. Zaritsky, “A Direct Empirical Proof of the Existence of Dark Matter,” Astrophys. J. 648, 109 (2006).M. A. C. Perryman, K. S. de Boer, G. Gilmore, E. Høg, M. G. Lattanzi, L. Lindegren, X. Luri, F. Mignard, O. Pace, and P. T. de Zeeuw, “GAIA: Composition, Formation and Evolution of the Galaxy,” Astron. Astrophys. 369, 339 (2001). This book is about Lou Arendale: a person who has been labelled ‘not-normal’, ‘aberrant’ or ‘defective’ based on the way he processes outside stimuli and the way he interacts socially with his peers. A Pass Plus driving course is a great way to improve your skills for driving in the dark. Although they’re usually taken by new drivers, the courses can be taken at any time and only take around six hours to complete. At a glance I felt the story was a non-stop, relentless drama but maybe I connected a bit too hard. Everything could feel like it was about to blow out of proportion, his lovely old lady neighbour prying a little too much or just bumping into a girl he likes at the supermarket for two examples. But there is actually major and tense drama in this story too. One of Lou's friends is out to hurt him and he doesn't believe a friend could do that so he barely considers it, right up to gun point. The last factor is the most important for this book, Lou is autistic, what we would call today high functioning, though he is still autistic and struggles with 'normal' people, their behaviours and with general society. He has a job in a pharmaceuticals company in a special unit made up of autistic people who have good patterning skills. Lou sees patterns that other people do not, him and his co-workers have special conditions to allow them to use this skill for the company for whom they work. Lou and his cohort have another defining characteristic; they are probably the last people to become autistic adults, the treatments that were developed to treat autism were developed too late for them, but anyone younger has benefited from them.
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