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I am fascinated by this bit of story.
"Baby" allegedly has Turner Syndrome, just like "Lissa". Turner Syndrome is associated with nonverbal learning disorder. Nonverbal learning disorder does not interfere with general intelligence or language, but does interfere with understanding spatial relationships and math. In spite of this, "Lissa" is a computer genius and "Baby" "loves particle physics
and math" and can comment on string theory.
This is, of course, nonsense.
As an added bonus, tossing in a reference to string theory--pro or con--is exactly the sort of thing we would expect to see from a 60 y/o computer geek as a bit of puffery to prove their intelligence. Considering Murray's Junior College education, tossing in bits of "smart talk" like string theory is just the sort of thing we would expect to see.
But wait! There's more!
"Lissa" claims to be able to hear, but not make sense out of language because of her super-severe autism. In spite of this, "Lissa" understands and is able to transcribe the baby talk of "Baby". This is inconsistent. If she ignores language, she should ignore it coming from "Baby" as much as from anyone else. If it makes no sense to her, she should not be able to transcribe it.
Murray--you should have chosen a different disorder for your pretend wards.