Here are tips and strategies to help you teach children with aspergers and high functioning autism.
Are you teaching autistic children this year? Even if you’re not, you may be a parent or other professional who wants to empower your child or student, not hinder her or him. Teachers, counselors, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and parents and relatives all need teaching tips for children on the autism spectrum. Dr. Temple Grandin, […]
Philip Wylie, my Aspergian colleague, challenges non-autistic parents, educators, and partners to think about Apergers autism as a different culture. As non-autistics, we need autistics to guide us in learning how to empower our children, students, and partners. Philp Wylie is going to be one of our guides today. I’m excited today to share part […]
I was mowing the lawn. The perfect moment of the perfect suburban father came as I turned the lawnmower off. My son came out of the house (he was about 10 at the time). My father was visiting from Florida. And my new neighbor had come across the street to talk to us. I don’t […]
Have you ever felt victimized by awkward silences in a conversation? You’ve gotten comfortable starting conversations, but inevitably the other person stops talking. But you struggle with how to keep a conversation going. It’s one thing to keep all those conversation starters in mind, but then what? Well, there’s good news: keeping a conversation going […]
Please raise your hand if you’ve ever felt trapped and awkward in a social conversation. You don’t know what to say, or the lights are too bright, or the sounds are too loud. You’re fine talking one on one, but when two or three people join in, you’re lost. Then there’s all their body language […]
