by Natalie Craig, the Age (Australia)
Quan Chen loves anarchy. At 10, he hacked into his school’s website, but since learning that hackers can go to jail, he has tried to limit himself to admiring the online ”invasions” of others. ”Look – it’s a horribly altered SpongeBob SquarePants!” he says excitedly, showing us on his laptop how spammers have infiltrated the virtual Second Life world with endless, evil versions of the cartoon character. Quan, 12, barely stops for breath when talking about computing, but two years ago he spoke to no one except his mother. He has autism, as well as a very high IQ, and was so miserable at his former primary school he became suicidal. Mother Joy Ding credits technology experts at Victoria University, together with his new school, for helping to uncover a ”brand-new Quan”.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/autistic-kids-learn-to-fly-in-cyberspace-20110219-1b0fj.html
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