Autism Poem: The Grid A black and yellow spider hangs motionless in its web, and my son, who is eleven and doesn't talk, sits on a patch of grass by the...
http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/techcol/063097techcol.html describes precisely what I experience when I connect online with someone -- and what happens...
http://www.as-if.org.uk/downloads.htm#Free%20Lealfet offers a leaflet to download and print out. Explains Asperger's in simple language. What a nifty idea,...
Yet more is revealed, as I google on Brain Gym... -Zer ... http://www.specialchild.com/archives/ia-052.html An example of a Brain Gym movement from the Energy...
As I cruise various Aspie sites to learn about my own late-life dx at 60, I am often struck by how useful the approach to a child can be for me as I'm learning...
The reason I'm celebrating my late-life dx at 60 is that it helps me stop beating myself up for failing to mesh with people, for being out of step with family...
Cognitive dissonance refers to mixed signals in communication, such as Aspies offer to those experienced in picking up info from body language. If we do not...
http://www.auties.org is a site created by Donna Williams who bills herself as "ever the naughty autie" as well as an author, artist, eccentric. Sounds like...
Role playing, as a way for Aspies to practice social skills? http://www.aspergianisland.com/ ~ A Refuge for All Displaced Aspergians came up on a google to...
Chris Mitchell is the author's name. -Zer (typing too early to think) ... gather Chris Mitchell, not dx'd until university, did just that, channeling ... ...
http://tinyurl.com/cd62x introduces a young Aspie writer's tale of struggle and success. Nice to hear about someone managing to make the most of a life that...
How do you explain to folks that our diff-ability is an invisible one that demands we stand and identify it, fight to claim it? That is how I see Asperger's....
Harry, how's life in your part of the world? Autumn colors? We in SoCal miss a lot of the excitement of the seasons, living in this temperate clime. Fall in...
In a message dated 9/26/05 10:25:26 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Lots of single folks arrive at a point in life wherein they truly desire the closeness of...
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I've puzzled about why relationship/marriage is not a priority with me. Someone suggested that it was because I was already in a really bad marriage, as I was...
One of the reasons I mention my Aspie dx is to get better service. I'm mentioning it to health-care professionals, to see if I can get a less brisk treatment....
Finding a group of people who are on the same wave-length can be difficult. I've been tossed off some forums that I hoped to find like minds on. Didn't find...
It doesn't fit me. First of all, I don't have a disorder. I dislike that word intensely. Another thing is while I have intense, focused interests, I don't...
Hello Everyone, I've been talking on this one discussion forum called Lovingwithdisabilities and there is this one girl named Chelsea who just does not seem to...
A writer on another Aspie list shared this description of autism. Isn't it great? How do YOU describe autism/Asperger's? Do you tell people that you are...
Once again, NPRadio has raised my consciousness, as it talks about Social Security being just 70yrs old. It's a relatively new program, this Ponzi scheme that...
http://www.feingold.org/PF/pf_stevia.html discusses an herbal sweetener that allows a person to avoid sugar and its harmful effects. Stevia can be grown at...
http://www.mentalhealthproject.com/content.asp?id_Content=13 46 is better. Has all the keystrokes. Or http://tinyurl.com/9a4j8 is the shortcut. Guess the...
http://www.mentalhealthproject.com/...id_Content=1365 offers a few ideas on how to increase stability by curbing use of some foods that are recognized as being...
http://www.faaas.org/articles/amittashah.html offers insights on all sorts of problems that may afflict adult Aspies who have not yet found a correct...
http://autism.about.com/cs/adultswithasd/a/adults_w_asperg.ht m lists characteristics TYPICAL (not diagnostic) for Aspies. ... The Cambridge Lifespan Asperger...