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• Dealing with Food Wrapper Mess Kids on the Autism Spectrum

  

  You've been hounding your kid for a week to clean up his room and you finally go in because you need to pick up his washing or he'll have nothing to wear to... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2018 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Getting Speech Flowing in Non-Verbal Children

  

  One of the many interesting things about people on the autism spectrum is that the abilities of most people seem to be wildly underestimated. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: Uniquely Normal: Tapping The Reservoir of Normalcy To Treat Autism...

  

  Uniquely Normal: Tapping The Reservoir of Normalcy To Treat Autism by Robert J. BernsteinUniquely Normal is a very impressive book which looks at a number of... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Avoiding Sensory Pitfalls at Christmas and Other End of Year Gatherings

  

  I love Christmas. I love all the flashing lights, the familiar Christmas carols and the decorations. I didn't really enjoy visiting relatives when I was little... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Asperger's Special Interest's Impact on Making and Keeping Friends

  

  When I was younger, I didn't really "make friends". They made me. Come to think of it. Nothing has really changed. It's not that I'm an unfriendly person, it's... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• It Takes Two, Two Sides to Every Story (Relationships and Aspergers)

  

  It seems strange to say it but I’d never heard of Katy Perry until she hit the headlines for dressing “inappropriately” on Sesame Street back in 2010. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Do People with Asperger’s Syndrome Feel Pain?

  

  In movies and television shows, characters with Asperger’s syndrome are often portrayed as feeling very little emotionally or physically. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Life Rules: Behavioural Phrases to Live By

  

  Kids with Asperger's work best with rules and lists to follow. This applies in more or less every aspect of their lives. It's major part of their development an... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Star Wars Identities -- and How Children with Asperger's Are More Than Meets...

  

  A few weeks ago, my boys and I visited a Star Wars exhibition in the millennium dome, London. It was called Star Wars Identities and it was very interactive... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: Meet ME Where I'm At by Cindy Best and Joyce Shor Johnson

  

  Meet ME Where I'm At by Cindy Best and Joyce Shor JohnsonPublished by Future HorizonsMeet me where I'm at is a very unusual book. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: In My World by Jillian Ma, Illustrated by Mimi Chao

  

  In My WorldWritten by Jillian MaIllustrated by Mimi ChaoPublished by Future Horizons, 2017In my world is children's picture book that carries a very touching... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Finding Solitude in Crowds - Asperger's and Alone-Time

  

  People with Asperger’s syndrome need “alone-time". It's critical to their continued functioning. Without a chance to calm down people with Asperger’s suffer fro... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Negative Emotions Are Transferable

  

  One of the more interesting realisations I've reached in the last couple of years is that negative emotions, such as depression are actually transferable... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: Aspertools by Harold Reitman M.D.

  

  Aspertools: The Practical Guide for Understanding and Embracing Asperger’s, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Ñeurodiversityby Harold Reitman M.D. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 PSYCHOLOGY

• Book Review: Joel Suzuki Volume 3: Legend of the Loudstone by Brian Tashima

  

  Joel Suzuki Volume 3: Legend of the Loudstone by Brian TashimaIn recent years, it has become more common to add characters with autism to mainstream stories. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Introversion and Asperger's Syndrome

  

  Not all people with Asperger's syndrome are introverted, in fact there are many flamboyant and loud people with Asperger's (and that category deserves a post... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Doing Better Than Light It Up Blue

  

  The month of April is “Light it up blue for autism” month. It's the month where we we embrace exciting concepts like autism “awareness” (ah, so that's the word... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Asperger's Syndrome, Diagnosis and the Genetic Link

  

  I was recently asked about my diagnosis and about the whole genetic link in Asperger's Syndrome. I thought I'd already answered this somewhere on the blog but... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Movie Review: Asperger's Are Us (2016)

  

  Asperger's Are Us (2016)Running Time: 82 minutesDirected by Alex LehmanStarring: Noah Britton, Ethan Finlan, Jack Hanke, New Michael IngemiAsperger's Are Us is... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 PSYCHOLOGY

• Understanding the "unusual Gait" Part of Asperger's Syndrome

  

  One of the more bizarre questions on the Asperger's diagnostic forms concepts whether the person has an “unusual gait”. I remember reading that and thinking tha... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2017 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY