Dear Members; Some of you may have noticed a reduction in my postings to the ASk Pamela Yahoo Group. I have been placing time into other literary pieces, one...
Like the canary in the mine shaft, autistics may be the ones heralding the warning that there is "too much" in the world to today. We are often first to...
TracyAnne has provided an update in regards to the loss of her job discussed in "Understanding the Culture of People". Her challenging journey over the past...
Fitting into society has difficulties for many people, but it can be especially challenging based on the circumstances. Imagine yourself for a moment, moving...
Lauren Culp Asks; "I would like to learn more about the discovery of having autism/Asperger as an adult. How was the discovery of having the diagnosis of...
Dear Norah; Your question about how you can get out of going to a professional social event without making anyone mad at you brought back memories of my own...
Greetings to the ASk Pamela Group! I received a question from Norah in Seattle that I wish to share. I will respond to her later this week, but I felt members...
I recently received an update from TracyAnne that I wanted to share with the group. Tracy wrote me back in August because she was suffering from severe neck...
Good words written by Tracy; I'm still a victim in my own way. I have gotten over blaming my past and my disabilities on what I could not accomplish. I have...
Tracy writes about wishing she could tell people about her boundaries with out them taking it personally. She states; "So I had a really hard day at work...
http://www.incharacter.org/article.php?article=101 I cannot tell a lie-what people with autism can tell us Warmest Regards, Lauren Culp, MFT, CD, CPD ...
Tracy asks if I know of anyone who sells weights to help her stop rocking her head back and forth. Her original message has been posted at the end of my...
I will be responding to TracyAnne's story and her question later this week. I think most of you in this group will be able to identify some of her gifts- ...
As a child, my autistic wiring brought me incapacities to function in ways that come naturally to most others. As an adult, it brings me high functioning...
Kim wonders if she is Autistic: As I read Kim's description, I must say that what she describes is mostly applicable to me…and then some. She mentions that...
I've never been diagnosed with autism, but I've always thought there was something wrong with me. My family insists that I hardly ever cried when I was a...
Lauren-Thank you for asking; At what age do you think it is acceptable to tell children that they have Aspergers? It is my opinion that at almost any age a...
I recently responded to a parent whose daughter tended to have violent outbursts. There were several reasons, but it is important to note that the home life...
Some insight into manipulating & difficulty with rules as a child gets older: Sometimes we intentionally manipulate, sometimes accidentally- I will try to give...
I have been asked for suggestions for "how do you teach anger/self control"? I will give it my best shot to provide some insight and suggestions. Insight...
For any child, being pulled out of a place when absorbed into that place is mentally and emotionally difficult------for an autistic, much, much harder. Not an...
I will try to explain why meltdowns can happen after a "NO" is spoken in response to a broken rule. For many of us autistics-- looking at or tracing a simple...
Some people view meltdowns as being manipulative or that their child is using meltdowns "to get our way". Most of us autistics like rules and for many of us,...
Transitions can also be a major source of meltdowns. Parents often respond to a child's transitioning meltdown with the word "NO", which in itself has much...
People often want to know why making eye contact is so difficult for some of us. Here is an explanation as to why I struggle with it; Every person has unique...
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