Autism Devotion to ... Brothers

My wife and I went out to dinner last weekend, to celebrate her birthday. My eldest finished his dinner quickly and didn't want any more...

Autism Devotion to ... Mothers

Hi and welcome to a new year.  This post marks the start of what will hopefully be an ongoing series showcasing the ways in which people wit...

Article: Helping Your Special Needs Child to See Past their Own Point of View

My latest post on Special-ism is now available. Helping Your Special Needs Child to See Past their Own Point of View http://special-ism.com...

Learning to "Empathize in the Moment"

Long time readers of this blog will know that it's a myth that people with Asperger's syndrome can't empathize and that if a sit...

Showing HER Appreciation - Part 1 Flowers

This is the start of a series of articles on how to show your non-aspie partner "appreciation".  It follows on from my article; Wo...

Barriers to Empathy

In case you haven't noticed, I'd like to draw your attention to an exciting new blog started by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg (of Journeys...

Emotional Reciprocity

This last weekend has been a really tough one for our family. We had to have our dog of nearly twelve years, Panda, put down last Saturday. ...

Getting Empathy (Back) into Your Relationship: Part 3

Last time I started on a four step process to empathy. The steps were; Receive Explore Feel Respond In my last post, I discussed receiving ...

What is Aspergers: My Perspective - Part 2

I concluded my discussion last time by looking at the neanderthal theory of Aspergers. Now it's time for a couple more. Men versus Wome...

Why do Aspies Suddenly Back Off in Relationships (Part 3)

Continuing the series, part three deals with people who just don't know how to "behave" in relationships. I'm not talking...

Marriage Encounters - Part Four (Final)

As usual, this follows on from Part One , Two and Three . If you haven't read these, you really should go back and read them before mo...

Marriage Encounters - Part Three

Once again, Part three follows on from Parts One and Two . If you haven't read those two, then this post probably won't make a whol...

Marriage Encounters - Part Two

Obviously part two follows on from part one , so if you haven't started reading from the begining, I'd suggest you do. It probably ...

Can Aspies Make Good Parents? (Part 3)

The plan for this post is to round up the topic of Aspie parenting with a look at some of the many benefits that aspie parents can give thei...

An Introduction - Part Three (Early Adulthood)

Continuing my story, If this is dull I apologize (there's only one more part after this and then I'll get back to more topical posts...