Resources Mental Health Childhood Conditions Asberger's Syndrome: Resources to Better Understand Asperger's Disorder
Helping to disclose Asperger Syndrome and autism in positive ways to teachers, classmates, supervisors and coworkers. Using your experience to help families see solutions they may not be able to discover on their own. Helping people on the spectrum realistically assess their strengths and challenges, recognize their self worth, and work to modify challenging behaviors.
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Asperger Honesty We all want our children to be honest and open. Okay, if you’re the parent of a child with Asperger Syndrome, you’ll probably...
Learning to Swim When I was little, I almost drowned. On summer days, I’d go to a community pool with the kids from the neighborhood...
Colorful Language - Cautious Vocabulary I like colorful language. Vivid word images can really help communicate a point. But there’s a down side, and it’s one that those of us...
Good Job What’s your child with Asperger Syndrome going to do for a living? Too early to start thinking about that? Really, it's not. While your ten year...
Programming the Asperger Brain We’re not computers. But comparing our brains to computers can help us understand and deal with some Asperger Syndrome behaviors. In elementary...
Beating Behavior Whac-A-Mole I admit it. I’ve played Behavior Whac-A-Mole. It’s a version of the arcade game where mole heads pop out of holes at a faster and faster rate...
What’s So Funny About Asperger Syndrome? I’ve heard many parents of children with Asperger Syndrome talk about their kids’ sense of humor. This may be because a lot of humor comes...
Asperger Syndrome: Living the Dream It was the dead of winter in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. In the gathering darkness, Julie and I got off the snow-plowed highway and walked...
Determining Where Your Child Is You have a child with Asperger Syndrome. Where is he? Not geographically. I mean in the larger sense of: where is he or she in preparing for...
Voice Volume Speaking at a volume that’s appropriate to the situation is a basic social skill that most people pick up intuitively. Most people....
Asperger Syndrome: Meeting the World Halfway I’m convinced that, without knowing it, many of us are routinely interacting with people who have some form of Asperger Syndrome. We may think it’s...
Asperger Awareness and “Aha!” Moments Autism Awareness Month is an opportunity for people with Asperger Syndrome. What can awareness of Asperger Syndrome do? It helped a mother I...
The Asperger Diagnosis Challenge Part 2 I’ve been reading published responses to the American Psychiatric Association’s proposal to remove Asperger Syndrome from their diagnostic and...
The Asperger Diagnosis Challenge Being diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 1997 was one of the best things that ever happened to my son, Drew. Make no mistake, Asperger Syndrome can...
Asperger Syndrome Job Success Secrets So, what do you do? It’s one of the first questions one adult asks another when they meet. What do you do for a living? What’s your job?
I Am Asperger Syndrome Will you think of me differently after you read the next sentence? I have Asperger Syndrome.
Drew's Moving Out Drew, our 25 year old son with Asperger Syndrome, is moving out. It’s such a major event in our lives; it triggers a cascade of thoughts and...
Get The Jump On Bullying Will your child with Asperger Syndrome or a similar condition be bullied this school year? Unless you have an unusual situation, the odds say yes....
The Benefits of Asperger Awareness I’ve written quite a bit about the benefits of disclosing Asperger Syndrome. My wife and I got an email last week that really drove the point home.
You Can Write A Grant Proposal Get a grant. It’s free money. Okay. Not totally free. You do have to so some work for it by researching and applying.
Listening to Yourself Who do you listen to?
Brothers and Sisters and Asperger Syndrome We’ve crossed the finish line! Our DVD to help brothers and sisters understand siblings with Asperger Syndrome is complete. My wife, Julie, and I...
Bullying and Tragedy This week, thirty-two people died at the hands of a disturbed student at Virginia Tech. Thirty-three people, when you also count his suicide.
Autism, Asperger Syndrome and Siblings During the past seven months, my wife and I have met an amazing group of people. In producing two videos about brothers and sisters of kids on the...
What's Wrong With Your Child? My wife, Julie, and I were in church before the service recently and a woman came up and told Julie how nice it was that she’d brought our son Drew...
Kids Need Each Other I think kids need each other. Kids don’t just learn from parents and teachers, they learn from other kids. One of the most important lessons they...
The Benefit of the Doubt People can be such jerks. Other people. Not you and me. When we get upset and are impatient or short with people, it’s for good and valid reasons...
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Choosing College Courses We just took our son, Drew, who has Asperger Syndrome, back to college for his senior year. Time has really flown. It's hard to believe he'll...
Liberate The Neurotypicals! Poor neurotypicals. Sometimes they just don’t have a clue.
Dealing With Kids' Setbacks Some days it just seems all too much. You get a call from the school about an incident with your son. Or your daughter comes home defiant and...
Checklists, Notes and Memory I’ve never been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome or Attention Deficit Disorder, as my son has. But, as my wife will attest, I certainly have some of...
Teaming Up On Bullies When I was little, playing with some neighborhood kids, I let them roll me up in a rug. Or I rolled myself up, I can’t remember. I do remember the...
Practicing Social Skills Does your child have Asperger Syndrome? When's the last time you got frustrated because you told him not to do something, and two minutes later he's...
Autism and the Pew Lady I'm writing on behalf of the mother of a five-year old girl with autism and her mother - and for me and my son. If you're not familiar with autism...
Asperger Syndrome: Put Those Kids To Work! We’d do anything for our kids with Asperger Syndrome. Is that always a good thing? Hmmmmmm. Hard to say.
Tips for Dealing with a New Asperger Syndrome or PDD-NOS Diagnosis If you're a parent who's just beginning to "walk the special education road", here are a few suggestions which I hope will guide you along the way.
First Year of College: Lessons Learned My husband and I began a new phase in life last fall as our son left home to attend college. After struggling with ADD and Asperger Syndrome through...
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