I could have written this post. But someone has said it better than me. This video is Bill Cosby addressing graduation at Carnegie Mellon. But he could have been talking to Asperger young people. “Don’t talk yourself into not being you.”
July 4, 2011
One thing you notice about many (but not all) Asperger people is the monotone voice and lack of body language. They don’t show their emotion in their voice and face the way NT people do. At the same time, they have a hard time reading voice and body language signals from others. So why is [...]
June 27, 2011
To understand how video games impact the Asperger brain, you have to know a little bit about the frontal lobe. It’s the part of the brain that’s at the front. And it’s a lobe. Hence the name. The frontal lobe is the most evolved part of our brain. It manages all of these tasks: organization, [...]
June 21, 2011
Yesterday I posted about the anterior cingulate gyrus. And no, I’m not an expert, I’m just a blogger. But if you want to read from an expert, go to Wikipedia. Trust me, my version’s easier. Today, we roll up our sleeves and explore the posterior cingulate gyrus. Ahem. Let me rephrase that. Some of my [...]
June 20, 2011
My husband has just returned from a one-week conference on using EEG (neurofeedback) to treat developmental and learning disorders. I picked his brain on a four-hour drive to IKEA yesterday. There’s nothing like being behind a steering wheel to make people talk. So I’ve got enough information to put together a blog series about Asperger’s [...]
June 7, 2011
Some days I think we should divide Asperger people into two distinct camps: the ones who are verbal-logical thinkers, and then ones who are visual-spatial thinkers. And today is one of those days. I mean, they’re completely different. How can we use the same term? While both Apie types are likely to end up as [...]
June 6, 2011
I wish there was such a thing as a social skills curriculum for Asperger kids. Because jeez, they need it. But there isn’t. There are a few good attempts out there, yet each one covers one or two aspects of the social skill deficit. With any one of them, you won’t get the whole enchilada. [...]
May 6, 2011
First a disclaimer. Or a nondisclaimer. I’m not nor have I ever claimed to an ADHD coach. Nor do I work for an ADHD coach. You’ll notice that there aren’t any links to any ADHD coaches on this site. So I’m not shilling for anyone. I’m just writing about the topic of ADHD coaches. In [...]
March 6, 2011
A lot of Aspies become actors. Like, have you noticed?… High school drama classes are full of Aspies. You’d think that acting, which is all about communicating emotions, would be hard for an Aspie. But here’s the secret: Aspies are acting all the time. They learn early that they have to act like everyone else. [...]
March 3, 2011
I read a lot of books for Aspies, and they all talk about conversation as if conversation is about talk. And words and topics. Guess what. It’s not. Listen up, people. The word “conversation” comes from two Latin words “con” and “verse” which together mean “to turn with.” Conversation is about turning with other people. [...]
July 18, 2011
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