Dealing with Asperger Syndrome

     Many of us would shout “Eureka!” if we found a magic key that would unlock ways to motivate our children with Asperger Syndrome or similar autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

     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.

   When I was little, I almost drowned.  

   On summer days, I’d go to a community pool with the kids from the neighborhood.  One day, before I learned to swim, I found myself past the rope with floats that marked the deep water.  I stepped in the wrong direction and my head slipped below the surface.  

When’s the last time you had a legitimate complaint and didn’t get satisfaction?

Maybe you need to try “strategic complaining.” You don’t even need to buy a system from a late-night infomercial. I’ll share the secrets right now. Just don’t yell at me.

Actually, that’s the first step. Keeping your cool. This can be hard to do when the lunkhead on the other end of the phone doesn’t seem to understand your problem or doesn’t seem to care.