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Tomorrow and Friday the finals of the 

are being aired.  You may want to catch them if you can.
Not only do i simply find Jeopardy! a fascinating program, but i believe one of the finalists is a young woman on the autism spectrum.


Written 5/12/12
This past week's Jeopardy! Teen Tournement had three intelligent, beautiful young ladies as finalists competing in Washington, DC.
It was especially interesting to see them lined up in a row, one exceptionally animated,  one average-ly animated, and the last somewhat stiff and reserved.
Alex Trebek commented that we never knew what was going on with the one girl until she smiled.
i thought that was significant.  As the contestants revealed their final answers, this girl became progressively more nervous while remaining self-contained.
When she showed her answer, which, with the final bet, made her the tournement champion, it looked like she was going to flap her hands in excitement.
Written 9/5/12
This week they seem to be showing it locally at 7, not 7:30, on the regular WTHR channel in Indianapolis, to make room for the convention.  See your listings if you wish to check me out.

And i should say that i am not attempting to embarrass this young woman.  i'm not a doctor, but there is no actual medical test for autism.  Most articles are geared toward diagnosing an undiagnosed case.  If i am correct, this young woman has experiened much successful intervention.
However, it seemed useful, and within the bounds of my purposes, to indicate a possible real-life example of an individual on the autism spectrum who has experienced successful intervention.