Why your child's grades don't matter as much as you think they do

We are a society obsessed with betterment through numbers and it seems that we are constantly trying to find ways to have simple numbers pro...

Drawing the Line on Media Access for your Child with Asperger's Syndrome (Part 2: Games and Books)

In my last post , I looked at television and movies and discussed the amazing academic and social learning opportunities they present for vi...

Drawing the Line on Media Access for your Child with Asperger's Syndrome (Part 1)

We all know that too much TV is bad for your kids. The same goes for computers. Quite frankly, the same should apply for iPads, Phones, book...

Article: Using Visual Aids to Take Advantage of Your Child's Visual Learning Style

Today I'm blogging over at Special-ism. My post is about visual learners and how we need to take advantage of the visual aids around us....

Temple Grandin's three types of Thinkers in Autism

I've looked at a lot of Aspergers theory over the years and while I agree with some of it, I find that I disagree with other bits. One ...

Why Aspies Remember some things Perfectly and completely forget other things.

My memory is faulty, there's no doubt about it. On the one hand, it seems amazing. I can remember "whole conversations" which ...

The Myth of Aspie Genius

Introduction My son has been a little upset of late because he's realised that he's behind the rest of the class in some areas. I...

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 ...

Article: Using Lego Therapy to Help Aspergers Children with their Social Skills

This article appeared in the UK Times Yesterday Here's how to build your hopes Parents of autistic children need not despair. It has bee...

The all-important Individual Education Plan (IEP)

The IEP is a critical document resulting from the Individualized Education Program in use at schools worldwide. In short, it results from ...

An Aspie Video made by an Aspie

Today I want to talk about a you tube video made by an aspie, Alex Olinkiewicz . Have a look at it, it's embedded below. It's insigh...

Helping your Child with their Writing - a useful font

Apologies for this not being the usual discussion post - it's some computer instructions for parents instead. I had to provide these ins...

Leveraging the Special Interest to Improve your Aspie Child's Basic Learning

Contrary to popular belief, most aspies aren't born with amazing reading or mathematics skills. These are reserved for the select few. ...

Towards Success in Tertiary Study with Asperger's Syndrome

Accidentally found this while doing a search; The University of Melbourne and the Australian Catholic University have produced a very useful...

The Aspie Memory

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