Aspergers Autism Spectrum Facts and Solutions for Children, Teenagers, and Adults
This audio blog is excerpted in large part from Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke’s book, Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Bright Teens and Young Adults. listen to ‘Social Skills for Adults With Aspergers’ on Audioboo
A covered pot of rice and water, if left unattended, will boil over. You can imagine the surprise and stress in the room when the rice and water are boiling over the edges of the pan. Aspergers adults symptoms and signs are like that pot of water and rice on the flame. The same thing [...]
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. ~Ralph W. Sockman Data Droids Discover Empaths Imagine an alien planet with various races. The data droid race happens to be a majority race. And the empaths are a minority. The data droid race requires [...]
Imagine trying to play soccer when you don’t even know the rules of the game. If I wandered on the field, picked up the ball, and started passing it to other players, they would both insult me and yell at me. Yet often, adults with autism have tried to “play the game” of social relationships [...]
Autism is not a puzzle, nor a disease. Autism is a challenge but certainly not a devastating one.Autism is about having a pure heart and being very sensitive… It is about finding a way to survive in an overwhelming, confusing world… It is about developing differently, in a different pace and with different leaps. Autistic [...]
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