Noah

[jimmykc]

Huge feature in LJS this morning on one of my favorite long time posters. I'll let someone else figure out how to make the link. Congratulations to the smartest guy on the board.

[basketballjones]

Could not find online... If anyone does I'd love to read the article. Please post!

[TheGov21]

Here is a link

http://journalstar.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/living-an-extraordinary-life-with-asperger-s/article_0817ccdc-895b-571d-b3cf-adb0dcc4796d.html

[49r]

LJS: Living an extraordinary life with Asperger's

I’ve interviewed thousands of people during my years at the Journal Star.

But no one quite like Noah Weiss.

I met Noah when he was 14, a lover of game shows, weather forecasts and color-coding his school assignments.

He’d already won the city spelling bee, received statewide honors on the SAT, was running his own wake-up service (he also offered a free daily weather forecast to family and teachers) and had applied -- and been turned down -- for a job as an 8-year-old proofreader at the paper in Fort Dodge, Iowa, where his family lived before coming to Lincoln.

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[PAhusker]

one of the funnier moments during my time in the redzone was when a kid from alabama state or a school like that was at the line and Noah started reading a problem out of a calculus book or something and of course the kid clanked it off the front rim

[atskooc]

Very cool!

[Silverbacked1]

Yeah for Noah.

Such a big fan he has to have 2 favorite teams.

[Row6Seat10]

Good for Noah! He had the whole crowd up behind him at the Jacksonville State game roaring when he took off his shoes and socks and dangled his smelly socks in front of the JSU player shooting the free throw while holding his nose.

[Wayne Pesek]

Noah is certainly one of a kind. I don't know him well, but have known of him since he was in approximately the 5th grade. What I appreciate most about Noah on this message board is that he has never tried to be secretive about his identity. Unlike most of us, Noah doesn't post rude, snarky, inflamatory or retaliatory remarks towards other posters. And the thoughts he shares about the team are positive. No reason for him to hide behind an anonymous screen name. Thank you, Noah, for setting an example the rest of us should try to follow.

[Noah121]

Could not find online... If anyone does I'd love to read the article. Please post!

I attempted to find it this morning too, and it was a 404 error until about 09:00. Glad that it got on the webpage! Obviously, though, I'm saving the hard copy of it.

Thanks, Wayne, for pointing out one big point of my online identity--it is no alias. However, I was secretive about my identity when I first joined HHC back in 2005--wanted to see how long it would take for people to identify me! (My hints were certainly my screen names and my inimitable fashion of "speaking." And sometimes talking in third-person about myself )

[hhctony]

So, I'm sitting at my desk reading the LJS on-line during lunch and this story about a kid with Asperger's draws my eye. I get halfway through and go, "Wait a minute." Noah, what a wonderful story. Thanks for being part of our little dungeon over here.

[Huskerpapa]

Very well done article. I wish more students could take lessons from Noah at the games. Noah brings the party to the game. Love the article, and good for Noah.

[Norm Peterson]

Congratulations to the smartest guy on the board.

Well, if you call determining the theoretical strength of materials using partial differential equations "smart" then, yeah ... I suppose. For the sake of argument.

But can he do anything really cool? Like stacking and unstacking cups in less than 7 seconds?

(Just kidding, Noah. Nice write-up. I actually was really surprised the first time you mentioned in a post on the old board that you have Asbergers. I mean, based on your posting, who knew?)

[cipsucks]

Noah, I heard a quote on the radio this morning and wrote it down. I don't believe in coincidence. Here it is:

"When you go through something, that is something God has trusted you with because He wants to use it later."

I know this applies to more than one person on this board......

[Norm Peterson]

Like when you go through the front end of a Mercedes Benz at a stop light, God wants you to use that Mercedes Benz front end later?

[cipsucks]

Like when you go through the front end of a Mercedes Benz at a stop light, God wants you to use that Mercedes Benz front end later?

Nah. He doesn't worry about that stuff. He created lawyers for that expressed purpose.

[Tallbaby21]

So now Noah is not only the smartest poster, but also the most famous? Bravo, Noah!

[Daledangdarn]

Great article. Not gonna lie Noah, I wish I could be so carefree and non-caring of those around me. You are awesome.