Tag: aspergers syndrome
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December 11, 2007 08:20 PM EST --
There are varying views of Autism/Aspergers. It really depends on your own experiences in life. All of us Auty folk are different, but there are also varying views on this brain type. Some see it as a . . .
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April 20, 2006 09:11 AM EDT --
This is Dr. Hans Asperger. Asperger's syndrome, sometimes called AS, was named after him. He was a psychiatrist in Austria. He identified a type of autism which is now called Asperger's . . .
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October 24, 2006 01:47 PM EDT --
My daughter brought this article to my attention last evening . It seems British medical researchers want to develop a test to screen babies in utero with a view to aborting those found having autism . . .
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November 04, 2007 02:35 AM EST --
Some people with Asperger's experience sensory overload in the visual; they wear sunglasses alot. Some get it aurally; they wear earplugs. (alot of us have it with touch too) But while these other . . .
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November 15, 2007 01:53 AM EST --
I speak from a non-academic perspective. I have no intention of delving into the world of academia because a part of me would consider that a step backwards. I have learnt that communication is about . . .
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November 15, 2007 02:40 AM EST --
I have 3. (n.b. If you have also made up these words it's just a co-incidence)
My kids made this one up......
Fullhanded . Definition: the opposite of empty handed.
Mine are
Tempremenstrual . . .
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November 15, 2007 01:41 AM EST --
Sympathy is like pity. Most of us don't want it. Empathy however is absolutely necessary. For us to trust you, you have to appear to understand or being willing to try to understand, where we are . . .
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November 15, 2007 01:13 AM EST --
1. Three tasks that you are good at
2. Three things that you find hard
3. Three qualilties you show well
4. Three things where you fall down...........
Mine are
1. billiards, . . .
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May 22, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
When my son was born, it was a happy occasion, albeit after an extremely difficult childbirth. On paper, it might have seemed not so difficult -- the birth was delivered vaginally, after all -- but my . . .
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May 08, 2007 04:34 PM EDT --
Leah Christensen's article about her stepfather, Dave, inspired me to write this article. Leah wrote how her stepfather helped a young boy gain confidence when he was treated rudely. In my comments . . .
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May 30, 2009 01:39 PM EDT --
Do you or one of your loved ones have these?
My 12-year-old son was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome & I'm reading about it. Just thought it would be nice to have friends who know about this... . . .
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June 24, 2009 09:28 AM EDT --
I took my son to the dentist yesterday. He's been living with my ex (his dad) because I'm currently in a group home.
Well, his dad doesn't seem to give a daRn about whether my son brushes his teeth . . .
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December 19, 2009 05:05 PM EST --
My youngest son, second youngest child
diagnosed with ADD and Aspergers syndrome went outside to play in the snow today, he had fun but when he came in he was cold and wet, and left something outside, . . .
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August 02, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
I frequently read stuff by parents of kids with Asperger's, but haven't seen much from individuals who have lived through it themselves. I'm a 54 year old woman. When I was growing . . .
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May 07, 2007 08:47 AM EDT --
The discrimination started under former governor Mitt Romney, who is now running for President. It appears to have been a penny-pinching move in which people with axis II diagnoses were to be denied . . .
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October 27, 2007 12:38 PM EDT --
And possibly Dyspraxia as well.
This post is very personal and revealing. If that makes you uncomfortable, you may wish to skip this one.
I began to research adult autism accidentally. . . .
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September 16, 2008 05:40 PM EDT --
I drove in to work today (school starting and getting the kids ready in the morning this week has thrown me off my bus schedule), and listened to Kevin & Bean on the Los Angeles area radio station . . .
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September 03, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
Where do parents, therapists and teachers within the autism community get their news and updates on the goings on for organizations, personal stories published in newspapers, gain insight into various . . .
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October 29, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
A recent member ("Ray") joining our extended family was diagnosed as a young boy with Asperger's Syndrome, which is presently considered a form of autism. Autism, however, is not one . . .
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September 30, 2007 01:56 AM EDT --
The Centers for Disease Control report that 1 in 150 children in the U.S. is now diagnosed somewhere on the spectrum of autism. In other words, this is a condition that affects many lives, many families. . . .
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