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 ...

Defining Ourselves via our Emotional Baggage

I don't know if it's just me, just aspies or everyone but it seems that most of the deep one-on-one social and philosophical convers...

Article: Life as an Aspergian female (Part 2b)

John Elder Robison (author of "Look me in the Eye") has I've already covered part one and the first half of part two of this a...

Article: Life as an Aspergian female

John Elder Robison (author of " Look me in the Eye ") has posted part one of a story about a female with aspergers on his blog . ...

Article: How was your day?

I'd like to draw your attention to yet another aspergers article; How was your day? on Asperger Square 8 http://aspergersquare8.blogspot...

A Simple Real-Life Example of Aspie Awkwardness in a Social Situation

We often hear about aspie awkwardness in social situations but the diagnostic criteria doesn't give parents and supporters much to go on...

The Dangers of Over-Interpretation and Over-Analysis

A reader highlighted this problem in a comment on my recent "Letter Writing in Relationships" articles. At the time, the comment ...

Tailoring the Strengths and Weaknesses Part of the IEP to your Aspie Child

How an Individual Education Plan (IEP) is Structured An IEP is designed to be a "flow-on" document where the issues are identified...

Aspie Food Habits in Children

Aspies have a lot of trouble with food. I've already covered parts of this as part of the "under-eating in children" section o...

Assuming that Other People are Mind Readers (NT Confusion in Aspie Conversation)

Assuming that Other People are Mind Readers is commonly described as an aspie trait though I don't think it's the result of aspie as...

Asperger's and Depression - Part 4

Please note: This post has some deeper adult concepts in it and may be unsuitable for children. Continuing the discussion on depression (how...

Asperger's and Depression - Part 3

Continuing the discussion about how Asperger's traits can directly cause depression, I'll be working through the list from the end o...

Asperger's and Depression - Part 2

In my last post, I introduced the idea of depression in Asperger's, made a few lists and cited a little bit of research. My apologies i...

The Aspie Memory

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