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Dating With Asperger Syndrome: Decoding Girlworld

     Recently, a mom contacted me and asked me about ways she could help her son with Asperger Syndrome enter the dating pool. 

The Asperger Syndrome Dad Test

     Your son or daughter has Asperger Syndrome.  How are you, as a dad, dealing with it?

     Here’s a test to help you analyze how your approach is working.

Love and Criticism

     Does your child know you believe in him, even when you’re correcting him?  Without meaning to, many of us give our children with Asperger Syndrome reason to question their worth in our eyes. 

Asperger Syndrome: Alone By Choice?

     Does your child with Asperger Syndrome really want to be alone?

     I have Asperger Syndrome, and I enjoyed being alone when I was little, mostly when I was in my own world reading.  But I also craved company and wanted to be with people. 

Realistic Gift Giving for the Holidays

     Are your family holidays the joyous celebrations you see in greeting cards, or stressful sessions that fray nerves?  For many families dealing with Asperger Syndrome or autism, they’re a bit of both.

Your Child's Safety Line

     There’s a great Gary Larson Far Side cartoon about optimists and pessimists that shows four people, each separately looking at a glass with some water in it.

Favorite Things

What’s your favorite thing?  The thing you look forward to.  The thing that gives you a rush just to think about it. 

Interesting discovery: It can be just as big a rush to help your child find and do his favorite thing. 

Expanding Your Child's School Comfort Zone

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     Your child’s success in the coming school year has a lot to do with his or her comfort zone.  Some children have pretty flexible comfort zones.

     Children with Asperger Syndrome tend to have difficulty adapting to new situations, and many really benefit from extra preparation and explanations.

Briefing Teachers About Your Child

   It can take any teacher a while to figure out the strengths and challenges of children at the beginning of a school year.   A child with Asperger Syndrome, or a similar autism spectrum disorder, may not benefit from waiting to be figured out.

Bend, Don't Break - Teaching Flexibility

     Want to be more flexible?  Try yoga.  Want your child with Asperger Syndrome to be more mentally flexible? Try mental yoga.

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