Calling Mitsubishi out on funding Neurodiversity

Warning: This post is likely to be upsetting or even offensive to some readers.  I apologize for this.  I hope that by writing frankly, I ca...

How can a positive diagnosis of Asperger's help an already established adult?

There's no question about it, the majority of Asperger's diagnosis' handed out today go to children. It is also pretty clear th...

The Human Side of the Aspergers Diagnosis: Part 2 How Aspies Feel about the Label

The Age Differential Most people with Aspergers seem to be "born with a knowlege of their difference", though in truth this awaren...

Article: Reading Facial Expressions (Smile Spotting Test)

The BBC has a really interesting test on its web site at the moment. It's all about whether or not people can spot fake smiles versus ...

The Human side of the Aspergers Diagnosis - Part 1: Parents

Introduction The aim of this series is to examine the parts of the aspergers diagnosis which are normally overlooked in the textbooks. Ther...

Do Aspie Children know at they are Different? - Part 4: Letting Your Child Know

There are at least three levels of recognition involved with the discovery that a child is different. Adult Awareness This invariably seems ...

Finding Conversational Balance - Part 1: Changes

In my last post, I talked about how much aspies hate being asked "how was your day". It was entirely from an aspie point of view ...

Finding the Boundaries of Borderline Aspergers

Reminder Just a quick reminder that although I'm knowledgeable about Aspergers, I'm not a medical professional. I can only apply wh...

More on Aspergers versus High Functioning Autism

I was just reading a summary of the (unfortunately pay-per-view) article; Social Anxiety in High-functioning Children and Adolescents with A...

Introversion Test - Update (Scores)

Here's some unofficial figures from two separate surveys (both done in 2008) of the Jung/Briggs-Myers Introversion test. The results ar...

Another Aspie Quiz

I'm always pushing the RDOS aspie quiz because I think that it's the most accurate one out there but I've just been referred to...

Aspergers and Introversion

A lot of the more common behaviours and feelings associated with Aspergers seem to lend themselves to a definition of Introversion and it...

What are Comorbid Conditions and how do they fit into Aspergers.

Comorbid conditions are "extra problems" that go hand in hand with Aspergers. There is still a bit of debate over whether these co...

The Aspergers Brand (Getting the Aspie Label)

Subjectivity in Aspergers Diagnosis There is no litmus paper test for Aspergers. The label is applied on the basis of set criteria ( DSM IV...