the vineland test

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

On Thu, 31 Aug 1995 John.Hamill at vuw.ac.nz wrote:

> 
> I just saw a little programme on the tube today about the Vineland
> test, which is, apparently, not a quiz about tom's book but a way of
> measuring the gap between a child's "social abilities" in contrast to
> its "day to day" living capabilities.  It is used to identify autism
> in children.  
> 
> That I should have found out this on the "tube" is perhaps
> worrying enough, and that my first thought that I must be way out in left
> field (is this some sinister baseball metaphor... what is it about left 
> field anyway.... a question from a non american almost baseball illiterate) 
> brings the point to a crisis... so I break my silence 
> ... is the issue of mental illness in Vineland just another of these 
> maybe-not-so-kute-this-time korrespondences?
> 
As I have mentioned before, John Barth makes reference to a Vineland 
County--it is the place where his psychotherapist runs his clinic, 
referred to as the "remobilization farm."  This is in _The End of the 
Road_.