Aspergers and Rules

Much has been made in the literature about the rigidity of the Aspie. A good example of this is their "resistance to change". Of...

What is Stimming and what does it feel like?

According to wikipedia , stimming is; "a jargon term for a particular form of stereotypy, a repetitive body movement (often done uncons...

Aspies and their friends

There is a phrase which I have heard practitioners use to describe ADHD and which I believe they would probably use to describe Asperger...

The Aspie Memory

One of the defining traits of aspergers syndrome is the "photographic-memory" whereby aspies can recall with precision events and ...

Organisation and the Aspie

The words that really drive my wife up the wall are; What are we doing today? What are we doing now/next? What's on the Agenda? What...

The Aspie and Empathy

A little while ago, when I was being particularly difficult, my wife said to me "that's right, you're an aspie, so you can'...

Patterns and Lining things up in Aspergers

Patterns are the Asperger's child's dream come true. We see patterns everywhere, even when others don't notice them. Aspie beh...

The Dreaded Special Interest

One of the defining criteria for Asperger's is the presence of the special interest. I'm going to write this post like a question a...

An online Asperger's Quiz

Wondering if you've got Asperger's, well, wonder no more... I was directed to an online Aspie Quiz which is quite good. I scored 161...

Taking things Literally - Part 2 An Adult Perspective

In my last post on taking things literally, I covered things that were mainly from a child's perspective but this time I want to cover a...

Aspergers and Eye Contact

There's a lot in the literature about gaze-avoidance or lack of eye contact in Asperger's kids (and adults) but not really a lot fro...

Taking things Literally

The literature often talks about Aspergers people taking things literally. The most common example of this being a child who is told to ...

So what is this Asperger's thing anyway?

This is a "cheat post" cobbled together from a post on my family blog . I'll try not to cheat like this too much, but in thi...

The Plan for this Blog

I guess the main plan for this blog is to clear up a lot of the confusion around Asperger's Syndrome by relating it back to real life. ...

The Usual Disclaimers

I'm not a "legal" person, and I know that most people don't bother reading legal things, so I'm writing this in plain ...