Hyperfocus and Aspergers

One of the unusual abilities that aspies have is " Hyper-Focus . Like all aspie traits, hyperfocus is a double-edged sword. On the one...

More on Empathy (Empathy versus Emotion)

Today, I'm returning to the subject of Empathy because it's a very important part of the Aspergers condition. We lack empathy, but...

The Mysterious Female Aspie

There's a lot of evidence to suggest that aspergers is much more common in males than in females. This is, at least in part, due to the ...

Article: Especially for Grandparents of Children With Asperger Syndrome

Update: Nancy Mucklow, the Author of this article, has her own web site and it contains a lot of other good information - You are encourage...

Aspergers and Sleep Disorders

I've noted a link between aspergers and sleep disorders. My son takes hours to go to sleep and is sometimes awake in the middle of the n...

A bit of Aspergian Pride

I've posted links on this site from time to time but I usually avoid long posts of just links. I'm making an exception in this case...

Aspies and Names

Names never seem to come easy to aspies. We're often introduced to someone and lose their name in less than five mintues. Often we don...