Its created disorder sets. We've gotten fond of taking an existing disorder and
making a ramp of disorders to it just as we have by using "Meniere's syndrom"
when we don't have enough symptoms for "Meniere's disease". We did the same
thing with "learning disabled" and "motoric disorder" in the '70s. Its all just
a circle that comes and goes.
Tom
Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Howard Kaufman wrote:
> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:11:21 -0600
> From: Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Non 24 A Blind Disease?
>
> autism spectrum? How is that?
> I never heard or thought of any connection there.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 7:59 PM
> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Non 24 A Blind Disease?
>
>
> > Oh, I've had it all my life. That really doesn't address the issue of
> > exactly
> > what is going on, though. Its in the same box as "autism spectrum".
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >
> > On Mon, 3 Feb 2014, Steve wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:47:59 -0500
> >> From: Steve <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Non 24 A Blind Disease?
> >>
> >> Tom,
> >>
> >> It is a very low incidence in sighted people.
> >> I actually heard about some studies in this area as part of my Human
> >> Resources job in the mid 1990s. I worked with a consultant that
> >> specialized
> >> in optimizing schedules for continuous/rotating shiftworkers as is set up
> >> in
> >> many manufacturing plants as well as the utility company I worked for.
> >> Some
> >> shiftworkers who work a lot of night shifts and are only exposed to
> >> artificial light exhibit some of the same characteristics, but to a
> >> somewhat
> >> lesser extent.
> >>
> >> The consultant didn't know that I was blind. When he met me, he asked if
> >> I
> >> had any issues with sleeping? I think my jaw dropped. His company was
> >> based out of Boston, and he said he was aware of some research at Harvard
> >> involving sleep issues faced by the blind. Again, this was in circa
> >> 1996-97.
> >>
> >> By the way, I've been fighting the sleep-wake issue for years, and almost
> >> lost a previous job over thirty years ago because I fell asleep in a
> >> meeting. I can most definitely assure you it is not a contrived
> >> phenomenon
> >> for those of us who experience it in its more extreme cases.
> >>
> >> Steve, K8SP
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 7:47 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Non 24 A Blind Disease?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Interesting thing about all of this is that it is also seen in sighted
> >> > folks who
> >> > have unusual sleep schedules. The must interesting question to all of
> >> > this is
> >> > whether it is actually a disorder or a result of physiology -- its a
> >> > chicken and
> >> > egg question.
> >> >
> >> > Tom
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> >> > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >>
>
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